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[Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
- Date
- 1950 - 1959
- By
- Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970
- Reference
- Eph-A-DINING-1950/1959
- Description
Includes a booklet "Blow hot, blow cold", a booklet written and illustrated by David Kennedy for the Gourmet Restaurant Auckland, telling the story of the installation of an air-conditioning plant by Fisher & Paykel. [late 1950s?]
Includes: Christmas card reproducing a recipe for Pate chaud de caneton [1950s?]
Includes: Quaint New Zealand habits ... under-the-table drinking / Kennedy [Card. 1950s]
Includes 1955 calendar card issued by Beaths Restaurant (part of Beaths department store Christchurch)Includes business car from Henry Berry Limited, Wellington, providers of caterers' equipment. 1950s/
Includes menus for:
1940-1960s:
French Maid Coffee House (356 Lambton Quay). Menu with Yellow and grey design on cover. [1940-60s]. (donor A D Singleton 1975).
French Maid Coffee House (356 Lambton Quay). Menu with pink design on cover. [1940-1960s]. (Donor Mr A D Singleton 1975)
Majestic Lounge. Supper menu. [1950s?]
1953:
Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency the Governor-General Lieut-General Sir Willoughby Norrie. 19 June 1953.
Cowles Private Hotel (Waiheke). Greetings for Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from Mr and Mrs J Lees Faulkner, jnr. Christmas 1953; New Zealand 1954. Christmas and New Year season of the Royal visit. Menu [1953]
1954:
Wanganui Officers' Club. Mess dinner. Saturday 25th September 1954. Grand Hotel Wanganui. Menu
1957:
Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency the Governor General Lord Norrie. 21 June 1957.
Hotel Waterloo (Wellington). Dinner menu for 3 September 1957.
1958:
In honour of Sir Vivian Fuchs and members of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Luncheon by the Government of New Zealand. Parliament House, 17 March 1958.
Hotel St George. Supper reception tendered by the Michael Todd Organisation to mark the New Zealand premiere of "Around the World in Eighty Days". 25 June 1958.
Montmartre Coffee House Montmartre, 44 Molesworth Street, Wellington. [3 weeks'menus] No 1 [1958-1959]
Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. October 1958, no. 2. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef R White. (2 copies)
Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. November 1958, no. 3. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef R White (2 copies)
Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. December 1958, no. 4. Manager Lawson Giddens; chef Madame Louise (Normandie) (2 copies)
1959:
Montmartre Coffee House 4 weeks' menus. January 1959, no. 5 (2 copies).
Hotel Waterloo (Wellington) Xmas 1959; New Year 1960. [Christmas dinner menu]
Cafe Montmartre Ltd (Wellington) Invoice sheet [ca 1959] (2 copies) and small envelope: "Montmartre, New Zealand's first coffee house, opposite the main gates of the House of Parliament, Wellington"
Quantity: 1 booklet. 15 menus. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm.
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 booklet, 15 menus, 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Menus, Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Montmartre Coffee House: 4 weeks' menus. November 1958, no. 3. Manager Lawson Giddens; ...
Date: 1958
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1958-01
Description: Menu listing the main course every day for four weeks, from 1 November to 29 November 1958. The back page announces that paintings by John Stackhouse were on display at the time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 210 x 130 mm.
Gourmet Restaurant (Auckland): Quaint New Zealand habits ... Under-the-table drinking /...
Date: 1954 - 1960
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
By: Kennedy, David, active 1960s
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1950s-01
Description: Card from an Auckland restaurant shows an illustration by David Kennedy, of three circular tables in a restaurant. Under each table sit men in suits, purporting to be table supports but in fact all drinking alcohol surreptitiously. In the background a policeman has opened the door and is looking in to check for illicit drinking. The text reads: "It has been said that our liquor laws are out of date, but at least they give rise to one of the most charming New Zealand customs ... under-the-table drinking". The Gourmet got its first liquor licence on 13 December 1960 (information retrieved 4 December 2014 from http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/entertainment/sunday/sunday-magazine-a chive-26514/52656/NZs-changing-restaurant-scene ) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on light card, 190 x 127 mm
Montmartre Coffee House: Montmartre, 44 Molesworth Street, Wellington. [3 weeks' menus]...
Date: 1958 - 1959
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.); Harry H Tombs Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-04
Description: Menu listing the main course every day for three weeks, from Wednesday 10 September to Tuesday 30 September. The back page announces that paintings by Paul Olds were on display at the time. Chef was R White at the time. Perpetual calendar suggests days of the week are for 1959, but may be 1958, because of numbering of menus. Two copies held Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 158 x 190 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2009.
Hotel Waterloo (Wellington): Xmas 1959; New Year 1960. [Christmas dinner menu cover]. 1959
Date: 1959
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-01-front
Description: Shows Father Christmas flying through the starry sky on his sleigh with reindeer. The lion logo of the Hotel Waterloo is at the top left. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of menu.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 252 x 150 mm.
Cowles Private Hotel (Waiheke): Greetings for Christmas and best wishes for the New Yea...
Date: 1953
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1953-01
Description: Menu for a private hotel shows a bird's eye photograph of the hotel in its setting in a bay. The menu listing inside has a royal crown and the monogram E II R at the top. The left inside left page contains four autographs of guests June Friend, June Elder, Jean Driver and Ruth Driver. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on menu card folded to 221 x 139 mm. Provenance: Purchased from the Complete Stamp Company, in 2012.
Cafe Montmartre Ltd (Wellington): Montmartre, Cafe Montmartre Limited, in association w...
Date: 1958 - 1959
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-02
Description: Blank invoice sheet for a coffee house or cafeteria in Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, 188 x 125 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2009.
Montmartre Coffee House: 4 weeks' menus. January 1959, no. 5. Manager Lawson Giddens; c...
Date: 1959
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-03
Description: Menu listing the main course every day for four weeks, from 1 January to 31 January 1959. The back page announces that paintings by Pierre Braconnier were on display at the time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 210 x 130 mm.
Hotel St George (Wellington): Menu [and] specialties [1958]
Date: 1958
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1958-02-inside
Description: The inside spread shows the menu in French on the left, and a list of international speciality dishes from America, France, New Zealand, India, Italy, England, Japan and Denmark on the right. New Zealand specialties included pukeko broth, hu hu grubs, paua steaks, koura me pe puha, mutton birds, Bluff oysters, Taupo rainbow trout Extended Title - Inside spread from its Supper reception ... to mark the N.Z. premiere in Wellington of 'Around the world in 80 days'. Hotel St George, Wellington, Wednesday 25th June 1958 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on inside of opened card, 221 x 242 mm.
Hotel Waterloo (Wellington): With best wishes for the festive season and the coming yea...
Date: 1959
From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-01-inside
Description: The inside spread of Christmas menu has a seasonal message from proprietors Mr & Mrs I [or J?] H Roberts and the Christmas dinner menu on the right. Other Titles - Christmas Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on unfolded card, 252 x 300 mm.