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New Zealand. Commissioner of Crown Lands :Having now got over the earthquake, the Commissioner of Crown Lands & staff, Ch.Ch. wish you a Merry Xmas 1929. The camera cannot lie / J L Martin [1929]
- Date
- 1929
- By
- New Zealand. Commissioner of Crown Lands; Martin, J L, active 1932; Wicks, Arthur John, 1871?-1942
- Reference
- Eph-A-EARTHQUAKE-1929-01
- Description
Photographically reproduced postcard shows a semi-humorous illustration by J L Martin of the Provincial Government buildings in Christchurch, seen looking southeast from across the intersection of Durham and Armagh Streets, imagined as warped and twisting in the Murchison Earthquake of 1929. Speech bubbles come from the mouths of some small figures: "Women & children first", "Order please", "Oh for the wings of a dove", "Stop that jazzing up there", "Wheres my puff box". The title below the picture is: "The camera cannot lie".
The artist J L Martin has handwritten a message on the verso.
In 1928, this building was occupied by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Receiver of Land Revenue, the Registrar of Deeds, the Lands Transfer Office and the Lands & Survey Department (See Wises directory 1928, page 214)
Other Titles - Christchurch, Christmas
Inscriptions: Verso - centre - With kind remembrances / From yours sincerely / J L Martin
Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s).
Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 137 mm.
Provenance: Ms McLean was the granddaughter of Arthur John Wicks, the Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, New Zealand Lands & Survey Department. He had worked with Crown Lands in Blenheim before moving to Wellington in 1917. The artist J L Martin sent the card to Mr Wicks.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Scanned from original
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to earthquakes, earthquake preparedness] / [Ephemera of octavo size relating to earthquakes, earthquake preparedness. 1900s]
- Format
- 1 Other printed ephemera item(s), Ephemera, Photograph on postcard, 88 x 137 mm.
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