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[Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]
- Date
- 1940 - 1949
- By
- McLeod, Ida Gwendoline, 1912-
- Reference
- Eph-A-DINING-1940/1949
- Description
Includes menus for:
1940:
Coker's Hotel Christchurch. NZ Trotting Cup, Tuesday November 12th 1940. Souvenir menu, dinner
New Zealand Shipping Company. M V "Rangitane". Breakfast, Luncheon and dinner menus for either 13 or 23 July 1940. (3 menus in all)
Luncheon in honour of His Excellency the Right Honourable Viscount Galway, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, on his Excellency's retirement from the office of Governor-General. Parliament House, Wellington, 5th December 1940.
1941:
French Maid Coffee House, 356 Lambton Quay, Wellington. Next Stewart Dawson's. [Folder]. 1941. and two menus, mid-late 1940s (shown on colour transparency 137415 1/2)
Dinner by the Government of New Zealand in honour of The Right Hon R G Menzies, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. Grand Hotel, Auckland, 22 May, 1941.
New Zealand Society for Closer Relations with Russia. Dinner in honour of guests from the U.S.S.R. Hotel St George Wellington. Friday, 10th October 1941. Menu.
1942:
Grand Hotel Wellington. Souvenir menu, 25 December 1942.
1944:
Coker's Hotel Christchurch. NZ Trotting Cup, November 4th 1944. Souvenir menu, dinner.
H.M.A.H.S. "Wanganella". Dinner [menu] 31 August 1944.
1945:
Mock banquet. Wesley Hall 6.6.[19]45. Menu
1948:
Newman Bros Ltd Royal Mail Service. Reunion of past and present members of staff, Hotel Buller, Westport, October 30, 1948. [Menu and toast list].
1947-1949:
Royal Oak Hotel. Kodak annual dinner menus: 13 March 1947; 6 July 1948 (3 copies each differently autographed); 5 May 1949
Quantity: 19 menus..
Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm.
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Two items transferred from MS-Papers-2333.
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- Format
- 19 menus., Ephemera, Letterpress works, Menus, Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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UnknownGrand Hotel (Wellington): Grand Hotel Wellington. Souvenir menu 1942-1943. [Front cover...
Date: 1942
From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1942-01-front
Description: Menu cover shows Father Christmas with a "G" for "Grand" on his belt, holding a glass of wine. Around him in a circle are the words "Merry Christmas everyone and good luck in the New Year". There is a sprig of holly at the lower edge. Menu is bound with a patriotic red white and blue ribbon. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on menu 230 x 198 mm
French Maid Coffee House: Now let's see... [Menu. 1941]
Date: 1941
From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1941-01-2
Description: A list of menu items including COFFEE with the following: Real cream and biscuits; toast; crumpets and butterscotch sauce; Canadian doughnuts and sauce; special meat pies and bread and butter; cakes; homemade Continental rye bread; scones; sandwiches. TEA was also available at the same prices. The bottom of the page shows an appreciation from Mr Hoy, chief coffee expert for Griffiths Bros, Sydney coffee merchants. Extended Title - From its "French Maid coffee; coffee refreshes you" [1941. page 2 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 202 x 107 mm.
Walters, Gordon Frederick, 1919-1995: French Maid Coffee House. [Menu cover. ca 1947]
Date: 1944 - 1949
From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]
By: Walters, Gordon Frederick, 1919-1995
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1947-01-cover
Description: Cover shows a semi-abstract design including part of a head, and curved and wavy lines possibly suggesting a person reading a menu. Date estimated on stylistic grounds. Walters had several exhibitions at the Coffee House in the 1940s, including 1947 and 1949. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of menu.. Physical Description: Screenprint on folded card, 187 x 128 mm.
French Maid Coffee House: French Maid coffee; coffee refreshes you. French Maid Coffee ...
Date: 1941
From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]
Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1941-01-front
Description: Cover shows text and a cup of coffee. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of menu.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 202 x 107 mm.