Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd
Printing, publishing and bookselling firm. Merged with Coulls, Somerville & Wilkie to form Whitcoulls Ltd. Established by George Hawkes Whitcombe and George Tombs in 1882. In the 1940s, the company had stores in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, London, Sydney and Melbourne.
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Date:
1910
From:
[Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]
By:
Missions to Seamen (Wellington, N.Z.); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-A-FAIR-1910-01
Description:
Programme booklet showing the Missions to Seamen Church & Institue Building on the front cover, and views of the interior of the building inside. The instit...
Date:
1960 - 1963
By:
Reserve Bank of New Zealand; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Bank Education Service (N.Z.)
Ref:
Eph-D-BANK-1960-01
Description:
Two-sided sheet show text, charts and illustrations about New Zealand's exchange rate, cheques, promissory notes, bills of exchange, documentary letters of c...
Date:
1925
By:
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-A-SHIP-1925-03
Description:
Pamphlet advertising the attraction of Honolulu with sepia photographs of the island, and of the deck and second-class dining room of the R.M.M.S. Aorangi. ...
Date:
1897
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-A-VICEREGAL-1897-02
Description:
A programme of entertainment by a banjo band, with songs by Mrs E T Robinson, Mr J P Newman, the Liedertafel, Miss Alice Gray, Mr A Millar, Mrs B H Burns, Mr...
Date:
1897
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-A-VICEREGAL-1897-01
Description:
A programme of entertainment by the Wellington Orchestral Society (conductor J Maughan Barnett), the Wellington Liedertafel (conductor Robert Parker), a song...
Date:
1920 - 1929
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Yaldwyn, John Cameron, 1929-2005
Ref:
Eph-A-VICTORIA-1920/1929
Description:
Includes:
1920: Victoria University College. Reunion, Capping and Twenty-first anniversary celebrations 1920. 14 May 1920. Programme
1921: Victoria Universit...
Date:
1940 - 1949
Ref:
Eph-A-RELIGION-C-1940s
Description:
Booklets, pamphlets and fliers. Partial contents include:
1940s?:
The Evangelist [Printed in Great Britain]. If you are interested or would like more litera...
Date:
1925
By:
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-A-SHIP-1925-01
Description:
Booklet lists the ships in the company's fleet, the addresses of branch offices, timetable of services, New Zealand, Australia and Pacific; chart of routes, ...
Date:
1945-1965
From:
Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers
Ref:
MS-Papers-7574-42
Description:
Includes introduction for `Book of New Zealand verse, 1923-45' (1945), `New Zealand literature; the case for a working definition' and correspondence with Th...
Date:
[ca 1950s]
From:
Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-A-MARCH-APRIL-2021/11
Description:
"Wines for your Table" booklet published by the Co-operative Winegrowers' Association of South Africa Limited and printed by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. Com...
Date:
1938-1957
From:
White, Mary Truby, 1904-2002 : Papers and recordings
Ref:
fMS-Papers-10822
Description:
Contains papers relating to the estate of Sir Fredrick Truby King, including a copy of his will. Also publishers agreements with George Allen & Unwin Ltd fo...
Date:
1920 - 1959
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Aulsebrooks & Company
Ref:
Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1
Description:
Includes:
1.Aulsebrooks cocoanut biscuits. Aulsebrook & Co. Ltd factories at Christchurch and Auckland, N.Z. (2 copies of double image, perhaps used on sides...
Date:
1920 - 1959
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Griffin's (Firm)
Ref:
Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-2
Description:
Includes:
1. Atlas chocolates [Shows rose]. LT36842 (2 copies)
2.Clever cooks! Use Norton's premier egg preserver. Printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd (2 copies...
Date:
1920 - 1969
From:
[Posters and advertising ephemera purchased 2016 at Art + Object. 1910-1960]
By:
Ferrymead Printing Society; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-C-COSTUME-Ferrymead
Description:
Printers include Whitcombe & Tombs. Manufacturers include Lane Walker Rudkin.
Includes:
Buy your Berlei before your frock [1960s?] (2 different)
Clifton knit...
Date:
1932 - 1939
By:
Ferrymead Printing Society; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-C-SMOKING-1935-01
Description:
Poster shows an arrangement of cork-tip cigarettes in formation as the letters B, D and V.
B.D.V. stands for Boyd & Dibrell Virginia. Godfrey Philips Ltd in...
Date:
1940 - 1959
From:
[Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-08
Description:
Poster or biscuit tin label shows a selection, on a red background, of individual biscuits, including milk arrowroot, gingernut, tennis, malt, rice wafer, co...
Date:
1945 - 1955
From:
[Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 2]
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-2-10
Description:
Advertisement proof copy, possibly incomplete, shows an arrangement of text incorporating a smiling woman and two children beside a blank circular shape.
Qu...
Date:
1940 - 1959
From:
[Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-09
Description:
Poster or biscuit tin label shows a selection, on a blue background, of individual biscuits and biscuit packets. The individual biscuit types shown are: milk...
Date:
1940 - 1959
From:
[Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 1. Aulsebrooks]
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-1-07
Description:
Poster or biscuit tin label shows an illustration of a dining table set with a white cloth, a vase of red flowers, a fruit bowl, cup and saucer, and a plate ...
Date:
1940 - 1959
From:
[Posters and advertising ephemera purchased 2016 at Art + Object. 1910-1960]
By:
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Ref:
Eph-E-PRINTING-Whitcombe
Description:
Includes:
Children's Book Week; add to your children's bookshelf this week! There is pride in book ownership; good books are good company [1940-1950s?]
J R B...