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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :A sporting holiday in New Zealand. [Set of 50 cigarette cards]. W D & H O Wills, Bristol & London [ca 1927].
- Date
- 1925 - 1928
- By
- W D & H O Wills Ltd
- Reference
- Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-Sport
- Description
Incomplete set, but mostly two copies of those held. Contains:
1. The Prime Minister at play (Hon J G Coates)
2. Jean Borotra in New Zealand
3. E L Bartleet
4. Whaling in NZ
5. Quinnat salmon
6. A fine quinnat
7. [Fishing] On the Makuri
8. A crowded pool
9. The Fairy Spring
10. A record [catch]
11. A splendid pack
12. Desert Gold (horse)
13. Horse breaking
14. Rabitters
15. Mount Owen (dogs and fallen stag)
16. The "Iron Duke" in Wellington Harbour (yacht)
17. A schooner
18. Whangaroa, Okahumoko Bay
19. Canoe racing
21. A setter
22. "Free" (liberating a pheasant)
23. Pig shooting
24. Tasman Glacier
25. Opossum trappers
26. E L Bartleet (tennis player)
27. A fine stag
28. Homeward bound (with a shot carcass)
29. The All Blacks
30. The "Victory" (yacht)
31. Auckland Regatta
32. Cricket in New Zealand
33. White Island
34. Zane Gray's mako
36. Lake Wairarapa (duck shooters)
37. The jaws of death (man holds up mako shark jaws)
38. Bay of Islands
39. Netting salmon
40. Camping at Kawau Island
41. Camp at Mitre Peak
42. Lake Taupo (fisherman)
43. What fun (falling while skiing)
44. Ski-ing party, Mt Sebastopol
45. The Waihora (fishing on a river)
46. Tongariro, shi-ing party
47. The meet
48. End of the hunt
49. Shepherds
50. Opossum
Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photographs on cigarette cards, each 58 x 70 mm.
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- 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Photographs, Cards, Cigarette cards, Photographs on cigarette cards, each 58 x 70 mm.
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UnknownW D & H O Wills :A sporting holiday in New Zealand. No. 23 Pig shooting [Front. 1927]
Date: 1927
From: W D & H O Wills (Firm) :A sporting holiday in New Zealand. [Set of 50 cigarette cards]. W D & H O Wills, Bristol & London [ca 1927].
Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-Sport-23-front
Description: Front of card shows a photograph of two pig hunters with their dog and with a wild pig they have shot. There are flax bushes in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette card. Physical Description: Photograph on cigarette card, 59 x 71 mm.
W D & H O Wills :A sporting holiday in New Zealand. No. 23 Pig shooting [Back. 1927]
Date: 1927
From: W D & H O Wills (Firm) :A sporting holiday in New Zealand. [Set of 50 cigarette cards]. W D & H O Wills, Bristol & London [ca 1927].
Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-Sport-23-back
Description: The verso explains that Captain Cook liberated the first pigs in New Zealand. The method of using dogs to help in the kill is explained and the location of the photograph is given as near Lake Te Anau. The top part of the card shows a waterskier and a yacht. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette card. Physical Description: Offset print on verso of card, 71 x 59 mm.