IMAGE
James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Consolidated Bank of Success. May courage and good health your course keep clear, and fortune favour you through all the year. [Draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheque / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].
- Date
- 1914
- Reference
- Eph-A-CARDS-New-Year-1914-02
- Description
A novelty cheque "issued" by the "Consolidated Bank of Success" and issued to the value of "three hundred and sixty-five days of Prosperity, good luck and happiness". Stamp in the lower right corner identifies this as Specimen series B. At the left there is a inset New Zealand scene of a bridge and road to a mountain, topped with a Maori tiki motif. At the top, Zealandia with the New Zealand flag, and a Maori warrior with a long spear, both flank the New Zealand coat of arms. There is a border of good luck slogans.
Date confirmed by notice in Wairarapa Daily Times, 30 December 1914, Page 4
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Coloured lithograph, with perforated left edge, 120 x 233 mm.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Transferred from Manuscripts (MS-Papers-7445-03) in 2002. May be part of the A F McDonnell papers at MS-Papers-0151..
- Additional description
Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency in Ephemera Room
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- James Rodger & Co (Firm) :[Two draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheques / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Chromolithographs, Greeting cards, Coloured lithograph, with perforated left edge, 120 x 233 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
Click to request to view this item, access digital version (if available), and see more information.
Usage
Downloading this item
This item is available as a high resolution download. No further permissions are required for use of this image, however full citations and acknowledgements should be included wherever the images are used.
If this item has multiple pages, or is several items attached to a single record, you can use this form to order your copy.
Using this Item
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially.
If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the following credit:
James Rodger & Co (Firm) :The Consolidated Bank of Success. May courage and good health your course keep clear, and fortune favour you through all the year. [Draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheque / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].. James Rodger & Co (Firm) :[Two draft novelty Christmas and New Year gift cheques / printed by] James Rodger & Co. Christchurch. 191[4].. Ref: Eph-A-CARDS-New-Year-1914-02. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22851347More information can be found in our terms of use.