Younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth.
Margaret, Princess, Countess of Snowdon, 1930-2002
Bromhead, Peter 1933- :[21 cartoons published in the Auckland Star in June-July 1977 an...
Date: 1977 - 1978
By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)
Reference: A-359-305/325
Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 21 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.
[Ephemera relating to the British Royal Family, royal visits, the monarchy. 1960-1964]
Date: 1960 - 1964
Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1960/1964
Description: Includes: 1960: Marriage of HRH The Princess Margaret with Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey on Friday May 6th 1960 at 11.30 am. Form of solemnization of matrimony [with flyer instructing guests, and a non-transferable ticket for South Nave Block C58] The wedding of Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret and Mr Antony Armstrong-Jones in Westminster Abbey 6 May 1960. Approved souvenir programme (2 copies) 1963: The Arts Advisory Council presents the New Zealand Opera Company in "A unicorn for Christmas"' a opera commissioned by the Council. Music by David Farquhar; from a play by Ngaio Marsh. St James Theatre Auckland, 7 February 1963. Programme Golden Shears International Shearing Championship Society (Inc). Royal Invitation Shearing Carnival in honour of the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. Fraser Park Lower Hutt, Monday 11th February 1963. Programme Royal choral & orchestral concert. King Edward Barracks Christchurch, Saturday 16 February 1963. Presented in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh by the Christchurch Civic Music Council Inc. (With Royal Christchurch Musical Society, Christchurch Harmonic Society, Christchurch Civic Orchestra)(Includes compositions by John Ritchie, Vernon Griffiths; conducting by William R Hawkey and Robert Field-Dodgson) (2 copies) Royal visit to Blenheim. 13th February 1963. [Address from the Mayor of Blenheim and Picton, and County Council chairmen of Marlborough, Awatere and Kaikoura. Tied with blue velvet ribbon] In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Luncheon at the Criterion Hotel Blenheim on the occasion of Her Majesty's second visit to Marlborough. 13 February 1963. Menu Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 330 mm.
Fox Photos Ltd :The wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
Date: 1947
By: Fox Photos Ltd
Reference: PAColl-D-0646
Description: Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on the balcony of Buckingham Palace waving to the crowd. Princess Margaret is standing behind them. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The Royal wedding in London. Copyright Fox Studios Ltd Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 405 x 510 mm
Sports, recreational activities and the New Zealand Himalayan Expedition
Date: 1946-1955
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Orr, R W, active 1950
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-042
Description: Photographs of sports, recreational activities and the New Zealand Himalayan Expedition, 1946 to 1955, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes a series of photographs of the mountaineering expedition to Masherbrum, Kashmir in 1955; winners of the Wellington district open junior golf championships B A Colquhoun & R D Kearns with John Hornabrokk and Andy Shaw, Sep 1951; Auckland Cricket Association representatives, O C Cleal, Herb Pearson & Alf Posities, Nov 1950. Photographers include R W Orr. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
New Zealand and overseas events and places
Date: 1935-1953
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-147
Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1935 and 1951. Includes: The Hermitage (Mount Cook); huts and scenery in Tararua Ranges; life-saving competitions held at Taylor's Mistake; military recruits and personnel, ca 1950; Rimutaka tunnel under construction,1951; Mechanic's Institute, Wellington (1860); Rakaia traffic bridge (1939); Maori Canoe Hurdle Race held on Wanganui River; Dobson Memorial (Arthur's Pass); aerial view of Hokianga [?], 1951; Dart Hut. Overseas photos: G K Chesterton (portraits); Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret attending Royal Film Performance, 1951; Captain Vyvyan Holt arriving in England from Korea, 1953; Sir Winston Churchill & General Eisenhower, 1951; Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin, Mar 1945; Tibetan Trade Delegation, 1948; Australian parliament and John Curtin; Australian naval divers; Australian ballroom dancer, Joan Allen; funeral of King George VI; Henry Ford's first car; etc. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Drayton-Jones Ltd: With the compliments of Drayton-Jones Ltd., Christchurch [Folder sho...
Date: 1945 - 1952
By: Drayton Jones Ltd
Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1950-01
Description: Half-length photographs of the King and his wife, with a photograph of of Princess Margaret between them. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Photographs, 225 x 174 mm, mounted on folder 250 x 208 mm.
Launch of T.E.V. 'Maori' by H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, 27th November, 1952
Date: 1952
From: New Zealand Parliamentary Library: Research papers
Reference: MSZ-1814
Description: Bound album of black and white photographic prints with mounted typescript list of contents and captions, documenting the launch of the vessel 'Maori' in 1952. Front cover imprint: "Vickers-Armstrong Limited Naval Yard, Walker Newcastle upon Tyne" and "Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd. Wellington New Zealand". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound album, full leather binding, black leaves, 13 black and white photographic prints, typescript captions, 33.5 x 41.5 cm.
New Zealand exhibition of the coronation robes of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth : ...
Date: 30 Apr-8 Jul 1938
Reference: MSY-4758
Description: Volume of clippings relating to New Zealand itinerary of travelling exhibition of the coronation robes of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and their Royal Highnesses Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose together with items of the Coronation regalia, 30 Apr to 8 July 1938; includes detailed itinerary Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :"It's not an occasion for rejoicing when you're left h...
Date: 1961
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Reference: B-137-403
Description: Cartoon shows a scene in a nursery. A harassed Prime Minister Keith Holyoake, in his pyjamas, is trying to bottle-feed a crying infant labelled "Nelson Cotton Mill". The bottle is labelled with a question mark for the number of pounds required to feed it. On the floor beside Holyoake is a newspaper announcing the birth of Princess Margaret's baby, to great rejoicing. A sardonically smiling man looks in the window. Other Titles - Baby to Princess Margaret; great rejoicing Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 203 x 255 mm, on sheet 280 x 383 mm.
Timaru Milling Company Ltd :Famous planes and seacraft, by Peter the Pilot. 1938 series...
Date: 1938
From: Timaru Milling Company Ltd :Peter the pilot albums 1938-1943, 1946-1948, 1950-1953; and Famous flyers and their planes, 1936-1937.
By: Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-B-PICTURE-CARDS-Timaru-1938-01
Description: A booklet containing space for 36 picture cards depicting aeroplanes and air pilots. The frontispiece shows a portrait of the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Back cover has advertising for Diamond O-Tis breakfast cereal. Covers may be the artwork of Bernard Roundhill of Coulls Somerville Wilkie, although unsigned. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Scrapbook for picture cards, 8 pages, each 278 x 185 mm.
[Posters and billboards advertising issues of serials, magazines, or periodicals. 1980]
Date: 1980
Reference: Eph-D-SERIAL-1980
Description: Includes posters for the following serials: Australasian post. August 21 1980. Printed by the Argus and Australasian Ltd, 61-73 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Win Island holiday in the sun ..! Secret. $10.6 mil. warplanes buried in mine! Australasian post. August 28 1980. Printed by the Argus and Australasian Ltd, 61-73 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Eye popping bikinis! The briefest you'll ever see. Exclusive: tragedy of the nude cop. Australasian post. December 18, 1980. Printed by the Argus and Australasian Ltd, 61-73 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. School leavers special; your sex crime guide. Super surfie saves 600! Australasian post. December 25, 1980. Printed by the Argus and Australasian Ltd, 61-73 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Bonus: two whoppers for X-word fans. Picture guide ... how to beat a rapist..! Australian women's weekly, August 20 1980. Raquel Welch's third wedding - "I love that man, that's all". Australian women's weekly, August 27 1980. Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner; why they are still a happily married couple. Australian women's weekly, December 31, 1980. : John Alexnader's tennis clinic. The ultimate holiday quiz: how bored are you? Cosmopolitan. September 1980. The sexual revolution - what we've gained and lost Listener, August 9-15 1980. Art show of the century. Listener, October 4-10 1980. Tom Scott in India. Listener, October 11-17 1980. Jon Trimmer, master dancer (2 copies) Modern boating & seacraft, September [1980]. Newport; our best chance yet. Bonus; nautical world catalogue. New idea. August 23, 1980. Printed by Southdown Press, 32 Walsh Street, Melbourne 3001. Top U.S. cover girl Cheryl Tiegs' diet secrets. New idea. August 30, 1980. Printed by Southdown Press, 32 Walsh Street, Melbourne 3001. How Cheryl Ladd won the battle of the blondes. New idea. December 13, 1980. Printed by Southdown Press, 32 Walsh Street, Melbourne 3001. Has Princess Maergaret found new happiness with Lord Snowdon? New idea. December 20, 1980. Printed by Southdown Press, 32 Walsh Street, Melbourne 3001. 6-page special: the world's top psychics' predictions for '81. New idea. December 27, 1980. Printed by Southdown Press, 32 Walsh Street, Melbourne 3001. Super holiday readfing; Barbara Cartland's enchanting Regency romance: "The Prude and the Prodigal" New Zealand woman's weekly, March 3, 1980. Claudia Mourie: Getting used to the "fuss" of life with graham New Zealand woman's weekly, April 14, 1980. Richard & Karen Hadlee 'married to cricket!' New Zealand woman's weekly, October 6 1980. Vicki Lee Hemi - "Miss NZ the day she was born!" New Zealand woman's weekly, October 13 1980. Why Sharon O'Neill has changed her image. People magazine, printed by Sungravure Pty Ltd. 6 August 1980. Planet Mars mystery; longest hair winner! People magazine, printed by Sungravure Pty Ltd. 13 August 1980. Ma Evans' new mystery cure. Win a free surfing trip to Hawaii. Racetrack. Tuesday November 4, 1980. Cup carnival kicks off at Riccarton. Turf digest. Tuesday November 4, 1980. Classy lineup for 2000 guineas. Womans' Day & Woman's world, August 13, 1980. Bonus! Big spring knitting and crochet book Womans' Day & Woman's world, December 3, 1980. Exclusive! Princess grace shows you how to create beautiful pressed flower pictures. Womans' Day & Woman's world, December 10, 1980. Stunning top fashion knits for summer. How to start a free baby-sitting club. Womans' Day & Woman's world, December 17, 1980. Come alive! a guide to feeling great when you're down. Womans' Day & Woman's world, December 24, 1980. Merry Christmas. What kind of woman leaves her children? "My mother, Joan Sutherland" - Adam Bonynge Quantity: 29 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on billboards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying around 600 x 450 mm.
Photograph of a portrait of Princess Margaret
Date: 1948
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-16028-F
Description: Copy photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
King George VI and Princess Margaret arrive on a Vickers Viking airplane
Date: Date unknown
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-16068-F
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation. Photographer of original unidentified. The image appears to have been taken during King George VI's trip to South Africa in 1947. The date at which the copy negative was taken is unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Princess Margaret
Date: [ca 1927-1940]
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-16051-F
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation. Photographer of original unidentified Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Royal family portrait, Prince Phillip, Princess Elizabeth, Elizabeth Queen consort, Kin...
Date: [between 1920-1988]
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-16053-F
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation. Photographer of original unidentified Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Photograph of a portrait of Princess Margaret
Date: 1948
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-16029-F
Description: Copy photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Watchdog :Subscribe to the war loan! Official announcement - The New Zealand Government...
Date: [ca 1941-1942]
Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Finance-1940s-01
Description: A leaflet which appears to be asking for contributions to the war effort in Britain. Shows a photograph of the Royal Family with their corgis in the country, after having been "bombed out of home three times". 'Watchdog' was an anonymous person or persons who distributed a leaflet to Members of Parliament which satiricised donations to the war effort in Britain during World War Two in 1941 (see "VARIOUS QUESTIONS MINISTERS’ ANSWERS". 'Manawatu Standard', Volume LXI, Issue 223, 21 August 1941, Page 8. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19410821.2.81. accessed 9 August 2021.) Inscriptions: Mat recto - bottom centre - Inserted by Watchdog Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on flyer, 277 x 212 mm.
Princess Margaret Rose - photograph taken by Dorothy Wilding studio
Date: 29 Apr 1948
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-13022-G
Description: Copy negative taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
The King to His People. Those of you who are children now will, I hope, retain memories...
Date: 1937
By: Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961
Reference: Eph-D-ROYAL-1937-01
Description: Poster-sized print of an illuminated address by King George VI, particularly addressed to the young people of Commonwealth countries, on the date of his coronation on 12 May 1937. Above the text is a photograph of the Royal Family bordered with a pattern of Maori motifs and carved heads, inside an outer border of rose and thistle derivation. The New Zealand coat of arms is immediately below the photograph. The remaining text reads "...In the years to come, some of you will travel from one part of the Commonwealth to another, and moving thus within the family circle will meet many whose thoughts are coloured by the same memories, whose hearts unite in devotion to our common heritage. You will learn, I hope, how much our free association means to us, how much our friendship with each other and with all other nations on earth can help the cause of peace and progress ..." Information from a descendant that this work was designed by Frederick Vincent Ellis 1892-1961 (pers. com. 25 July 2013). The catalogue record for the same item at Owaka Museum Wahi Kahuika suggests that all schools received a copy of this poster. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print and photolithograph, on sheet 710 x 454 mm.