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Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family. 1951-1986].
- Date
- 1951 - 1986
- By
- Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987; Fleming, Margaret Alison (Lady), 1917-2000
- Reference
- A-304-002/012
- Description
Printed cards for the years 1951, 1954, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982 (2 copies), 1984.
Each card/montage records the activities of the Fleming family for the year, their holiday and recreational activities, their involvment in the Royal Society of New Zealand, UNESCO, Australian and NZ Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Federation of University Women, the Y.W.C.A., the Entomological Society of New Zealand, the Save Manapouri Campaign, Native Forests Action Council, NZ Geological Survey, etc.
Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) being finished cards..
Physical Description: Photolithographs, black and white, varying from 117 x 144 mm, to 125 x 155 mm.
Provenance: Donated by Lady Margaret (Peg) Fleming of Wadestown, in 1993.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986]. / Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986].
- Format
- 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) being finished cards., Works of art, Photolithographs, Christmas cards, Photolithographs, black and white, varying from 117 x 144 mm, to 125 x 155 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :With best wishes for Christmas 1967 and Ne...
Date: 1967
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986].
Reference: A-304-004
Description: 11 drawings of activities of the Fleming family for the year 1967. This card includes 'January-February, cicada field work, South Island', a mountain scene with a tape recorder, a cicada on a rock and an insect trap; 'Oct-Nov. Whitebaiting (as usual)' written inside a circlet of whitebait; 'November (Jean), School certificate' showing books, a laboratory flask, the formula E = MC 2 [squared] and a long-playing vinyl record of Joan Baez; with a note below that 'And usual family flap about Christmas cards in November!'; 'Aug 19' an image of Charles Fleming being capped; 'Centennial headquarters appeal', an image of a modern building; 'I F U W, triennial conference, Auckland (Peg) August', showing the logo of the Federation of University Women; a horseshoe and riding crop marked 'Winter hunting (Jean)'; a wading bird; 'April (C. A. F.) Aberdeen, Oxford, London, nullis in verba, et nil sine verbis!' showing buildings of Aberdeen University and its Latin motto with Charles Fleming's addition; a UNESCO symbol; and 'Royal Society of N . Z. centenary - Oct 10' showing the Society's medal. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 123 x 148 mm (folded)
Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :A merry Christmas and a happy New Year fro...
Date: 1954
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986].
Reference: A-304-003
Description: 10 drawings of activities of the Fleming family for the year 1954. This card includes a pied stilt, a girl kayaking on the Waimeha Stream at Waikanae, the 'Phyllis' (a motor boat) stranded, with Kapiti Island behind it, a flax bush to the left, the family's holiday house at Waikanae, corner of Ngapaki and Rangihiroa Street, along with a map of Waikanae, the location marked, a pigeon 'the plague of Wadestown', whitebaiting (Charles Fleming managing a whitebaiting net), 'Paddy and topsy with the three girls', showing the three Fleming daughters on two horses, 'Mum and Skipper - busy resting', showing Peg Fleming with the family dog and 'Friday evenings' dinner' showing a large house with a board marked 'Country life - Open', and two large cabbage trees outside. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 123 x 152 mm
Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir), 1916-1987 :Once to every man and nation comes the mom...
Date: 1970
From: Fleming, Charles Alexander (Sir) 1916-1987 :[Christmas and greetings cards from the Fleming family, and preparatory montages and sketches. 1951-1986].
Reference: A-304-006
Description: A view of the kamana (Australasian crested grebe) swimming on Lake Manapouri with the lake's islands and western mountains behind it. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, black and white, 124 x 156 mm (folded)