Play of words, Play on words, Word play, Wordplay
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Date:
1970 - 1979
Ref:
Eph-E-MISCELLANEOUS-1970s-01
Description:
Poster shows agrainy image based on a photograph, and reproduced in orange and purple. It shows a young person, probably a man, with an afro hairstyle, "inj...
Date:
1972 - 1979
Ref:
Eph-D-MAORI-1970s-01
Description:
Print reproduction with additional colour, of a black and white photograph showing a Maori man walking past a slogan painted on a fence: "Aotearoa, the land ...
Date:
1980 - 1989
By:
City Limits Cafe (Wellington, N.Z.)
Ref:
Eph-D-DINING-1980s-02
Description:
Poster advertising the City Limited Cafe shows an arrangement of text, the orange poster paper showing through the black printed background. The words "Get s...
Date:
1945 - 1959
By:
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
Ref:
Eph-D-CHRISTMAS-1950s-02
Description:
Poster shows an illustration of a man beside a boiling mud pool and geyser, with a laughing Maori woman in traditional costume standing behind him. Drops of ...
Date:
1970 - 1980
Ref:
Eph-A-ASSOCIATION-WCOBRFC-1970s
Description:
Includes certificates issued by "The Committee of the Institute of Free Love" (Sensuously single certificate, awarded to Mr W R M[...]); the "Indoor Bird Wat...
Date:
1970
From:
Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Ref:
B-137-350
Description:
Shows a reporter descending with a skydiver, and noting his answers to interview questions. The answers all depend on double entendre and metaphor: his feeli...
Date:
[1960-1984]
From:
Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- : Papers
Ref:
90-041-26
Description:
Includes notes, parts of stories and drafts, invitation to christening, pieces by Kidman on Norman McLeod and Greeks in New Zealand, hints on how teachers ca...
Date:
1950 - 1969
From:
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Ref:
A-387-010
Description:
Shows six illustrations of rugby terms coined by the cartoonist. Each is a play on words, for example the illustration for the term 'Henderson is looking for...
Date:
1955
From:
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Ref:
A-386-063
Description:
Shows four frames containing illustrations of news headlines. In the first frame, 'Soviet ships take arms to Egypt', the Russians are delivering human arms r...
Date:
1950 - 1969
From:
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Ref:
A-387-022
Description:
Shows five frames containing toungue-in-cheek illustrations of lawn bowls terms. For example, the illustration for the phrase 'He brushed the kitty when he a...
Date:
1909
From:
[Menus, up to octavo size, mainly for Wellington Club celebratory dinners. 1900-1909]
By:
White Hart Hotel (New Plymouth, N.Z.)
Ref:
Eph-A-DINING-1909-01
Description:
Menu cover printed in gilt shows a logo of an antlered deer in profile. The inside spread lists the bill of fare, and on the left page a greeting using a wor...
Date:
2011
By:
Freestyle Total Print Production
Ref:
Eph-A-BOOK-ARTS-2011-01
Description:
Set of a title card and 20 postcards, each of which shows a two-word phrase chosen by poet Kate Camp, each of the pair of words graphically designed independ...
Date:
2004
From:
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Ref:
DX-022-134
Description:
Two very thin greyhounds read the headline of the paper that their overweight trainer is reading; they take "fast food" to mean the rabbit that they chase in...
Date:
2004
From:
Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Ref:
DX-005-844
Description:
'The Politician' cartoon strip.
Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Date:
2003
From:
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
Ref:
DX-002-208
Description:
Past Prime Minister Mike Moore delivers a verbose and divergent speech on a number of topics relating to contemporary international politics which is also pu...
Date:
2012
By:
Smith, Ashley W, 1948-
Ref:
EPHDL-0243
Description:
Digital Christmas message from the cartoonist Ashley Smith shows him and his wife Gretchen confronting monsters. At the right is the Auckland Little Shop of ...
Date:
2004
From:
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Ref:
DX-022-138
Description:
A disgruntled smoker storms out of a bar while the barman, who has had a jug of beer tipped on his head, is perplexed as to the man's change in attitude. Ref...
Date:
2004
From:
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Ref:
DX-022-136
Description:
The exasperated owner of an open roof venue explains to his patrons that the bar's name does not allude to the fact there is a topless waitress to serve them...
Date:
2005
From:
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Ref:
DX-022-177
Description:
The first of two vignettes shows an officer talking to a mechanic about the state of the New Zealand Air Force. In the background is a decrepid plane which i...
Date:
2004
From:
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
Ref:
DX-022-113
Description:
In this series of four vignettes, George W. Bush, the re-elected president of the United States, plays golf using the head of his deafeated rival, John Kerry...
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