Producer of grain and cereal processed products which began operations in Gore in the late 1860s. The founder was Thomas Fleming (1848-1930). (see Fleming family entries in `Southern people; a dictionary of Otago Southland biographies, p164-165)
Fleming and Company
Fleming & Co. (N.Z.) :Sergt. Dan's favourite - Creamoata wafers. [Sergt. Dan. Fleming &...
Date: 1933
From: [Ephemera relating to food products and nutrition. 1920-1939]
By: Fleming and Company; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-1933-04
Description: Small flier with an illustration on the front and a recipe on the verso for Creamoata wafers. The front shows a plate of the wafer biscuits, and at the right the familiar figure of Sergeant Dan, the surprised boy in the lemon squeezer hat and scouting uniform. Two copies held. Other Titles - Sergeant, Company, New Zealand, Coulls Somerville Wilkie Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 64 x 111 mm (partly missing)
Prints of Las Vegas, South Island, and family scenes
Date: 1995-2004
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10645-05
Description: Prints of buildings and family in Las Vegas and the South Island taken by Les Cleveland, 1995 to 2004. Contains both black and white and colour prints developed by Wellington Photographic Supplies and Amcal Chemist Newtown in five separate photo wallets. Prints include: - Las Vegas, including Hard Rock Cafe. - Cleveland family scenes including Les and Mary Cleveland at different locations with various family members including with sons Edward and Peter, and with Peter's family (including his children Maxwell and Madeline and wide Donna). - Rural scenes and buildings is South Island towns including the Park Royal in Queenstown, McDougall's Saddlery, Railway Hotel in Invercargill, and Fleming's Creamoata Mill in Gore. - Photographs of buildings, people, and roadside attractions (planes, cars, carts) on the West Coast, including Hokitika and Haast. Also tree root in the back of a lorry. - Dunedin, including interior of Donaghys Foyer at Dunedin Public Art Gallery including portraits of an unidentified bride and groom and their wedding party, retail displays, an unidentified cafe, the explosives store on Cumberland Street, Robert Burns statue, Prince of Wales Hotel, and Passchendaele memorial plaque at railway station. Child Max Cleveland identified from prints in same series at PAColl-10645-07. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 93 colour original photographic print(s). 51 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 item(s) of photographic ephemera original print wallets. Physical Description: Photographic prints and print wallets Transfers: See 35mm-107534 to 107564 for negatives originally stored with these prints.. Processing information: Negatives originally stored with prints have been separated to facilitate appropriate storage.
Fleming and Co :St. John's Church, Leicester. Fleming & Co engravers, Wellington Street...
Date: 1854
From: [Various artists] :[English and European engravings from the Webster collection and other sources]. - [16--]-1894
By: Fleming and Company
Reference: A-010-001
Description: Shows church with a tall steeple and stained glass windows with people walking on the street looking at the church. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 150 x 268 mm on sheet 192 x 302 mm
Invercargill Gardens. New Zealand
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-1231-F
Description: Panoramic view of the Invercargill Botanic Gardens. The factory belonging to Fleming & Company Ltd. is visible in the centre behind the gardens. There are paths on either side of a channelled stream (Puni Creek) with a row of cabbage trees along the left side. A man is seated on a grassy slope beside the water, flower beds and lawns to the right. Taken ca 1923-1928 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Gardens 1. Invercargill #; Photographer's title on negative - Invercargill gardens. New Zealand. No. 855 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 99.7 cm
Fleming & Company :Farro Food for pigs. Feed Farro Food boiled or scalded. Fleming & Co...
Date: 1931
By: Fleming and Company
Reference: Eph-A-PIG-1931-01
Description: A leaflet advertising Farro Food which can be boiled and used as food for pigs or poultry. Verso shows two illustrations of a pig on weighing scales, both before and after being fed on Farro Food. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on flier, 226 x 186 mm.
Appendix to Privy Council appeal
Date: 1926
From: Myers family : Family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9195-18
Description: Appeal of case between Companies and the King with Myers' handwritten notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Independent Grocers Alliance (N.Z.) :IGA colouring rhyme alphabet book. 1/- Entire proc...
Date: 1955 - 1960
From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to supermarkets, grocery stores, shops selling food]
By: Independent Grocers Alliance (N.Z.); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
Reference: Eph-B-FOOD-Shop-1955-01
Description: A colouring book featuring a brand or product for each letter of the alphabet. The front cover shows two children on a desert island beach, opening a treasure chest of art equipment. Products include: A. Appetite for ETA foods B. Beans, in particular "K" beans (Thompson & Hills Ltd) C. Chesdale cheese (Butland Industries Ltd) D. Dalmas sticking plaster (Salmond & Spraggon Ltd) E. "Elfin" flour (D H Brown & Son Ltd) F. "Fido" and "Felix" tinned pet foods (J Wattie Canneries Ltd) G. Greggs coffee and spice (W Gregg & Co Ltd) H. Hansells "Make a Shake" (Hansell Laboratories Ltd) I. Instant action with "Vim" cleaner (Lever Bros Ltd) J. Jelly, specifically Edmond's jelly (T J Edmonds Ltd) K. King drink extracts (Lane Latimer Ltd) L. Liksopyne antiseptic disinfectant (W & R Smallbone Ltd) M. Marmalade, specifically St George marmalade (Irvine & Stevenson's Co Ltd) N. Nescafe instant coffee (Nestle Co (N.Z.) ltd) O. "Oak" tinned spaghetti (Thompson & Hills Ltd) P. Peas, specifically Watties frozen or canned (J Wattie Canneries Ltd) Q. Q'tol for sunburn (W & R Smallbone Ltd) R. "Renco" junket (distributed by W & R Smallbone Ltd) S. Sprayforma room freshener (W & R Smallbone Ltd) T. Toothpaste, specifically Kolynos (Home Products (N.Z.) Ltd) U. Us - ie Buckleys Kiddi-Koff cough syrup (David Sparks Ltd) V. Velvet soap powder (Zealandia Soap Company) W. Weetbix (Sanitarium Health Food Co Ltd) X. Extra flavour in Old Mill coffee (Coffee Specialists (N.Z.) Ltd) Y. Youth - zestful feeling given by Creamoata breakfast food (Fleming & Company Ltd) Z. "Zippy" liquid starch for clothes (Reckitt & Colman N.Z.) Ltd The back cover is an advertisement for Choysa tea, announcing that there will be a page of comic strips inside each packet of tea. The page illustrated here is of Walt Disney's "Hiawatha" comic strip. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 278 x 217 mm Provenance: Donated by Miranda Baptist in 2006, from the estate of her mother.
Privy Council appeal
Date: 1926
From: Myers family : Family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9195-17
Description: Appeal of case between Companies and the King with Myers' handwritten notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Fleming & Co. (N.Z.) :Creamoata cakes. [Fleming & Co. Ltd, Gore, N.Z. [a 1930-1932?]
Date: 1933
From: [Ephemera relating to food products and nutrition. 1920-1939]
By: Fleming and Company; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-1930s-02
Description: Small flier with an illustration on the front and a recipe on the verso for Creamoata cakes. The front shows a plate of the cakes, and at the right the figure of Sergeant Dan, the boy in the lemon squeezer hat and scouting uniform. This figure (with its unsurprised face) differs from the ones on the other fliers at Eph-A-FOOD-1933-01/04, and is assumed to be earlier. Two copies held. Other Titles - Sergeant, Company, New Zealand, Coulls Somerville Wilkie Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 62 x 101 mm
Fleming & Co. (N.Z.) :Sergt. Dan's favourite - Milk oatie cakes. Sergt. Dan. Fleming & ...
Date: 1933
From: [Ephemera relating to food products and nutrition. 1920-1939]
By: Fleming and Company; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-1933-02
Description: Small flier with an illustration on the front and a recipe on the verso for Milk oatie cakes. The front shows a bplates of the cakes or muffins, and at the right the familiar figure of Sergeant Dan, the surprised boy in the lemon squeezer hat and scouting uniform. Other Titles - Sergeant, Company, New Zealand, Coulls Somerville Wilkie Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 64 x 111 mm
Fleming & Co. (N.Z.) :Sergt. Dan's favourite - Thistle rolled oat nutties. Sergt. Dan. ...
Date: 1933
From: [Ephemera relating to food products and nutrition. 1920-1939]
By: Fleming and Company; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-1933-03
Description: Small flier with an illustration on the front and a recipe on the verso for Thistle rolled oat nutties. The front shows a plate of the oat biscuits, and at the right the familiar figure of Sergeant Dan, the surprised boy in the lemon squeezer hat and scouting uniform. Two copies held. Other Titles - Sergeant, Company, New Zealand, Coulls Somerville Wilkie Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 64 x 111 mm
[Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd?] : Sergeant Dan's favourite breakfast [1910-1930s?]
Date: 1920 - 1935
From: [Food product advertising, up to around A3 size, printed mainly by Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. 1920-1950s. Folder 2]
Reference: Eph-C-FOOD-Whitcombe-2-07
Description: Proof chromolithographic print probably intended for an advertisement for Creamoata breakfast cereal, shows a smiling dark-haired boy eating a bowl of steaming porridge. Date is uncertain. The image differs from the illustrative Sergeant Dan character created in 1915. And Dan is shown as dark-haired, in contrast to the image most commonly seen in the 1930s. Like other 1930s images, the image is realistic, but appears an older style than 1930s. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph proof print, on sheet approximately 260 x 260 mm. Provenance: Previously part of the Ferrymead Printing Society's collection, as shown by stamp on verso.
The Home of Thistle Quality Cereal Production, 1926
Date: 1926
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Fleming and Company
Reference: Pan-0446-F
Description: The Fleming's Creamoata Mill complex at Gore, with the railway station to the right. For further information and photographs see New Zealand Historic Places Trust register under "Fleming's Creamoata Mill complex". Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - "" Flemings Coy. Ltd" 6 B & W./ Title/ The Home of Thistle Quality Cereal Production 1926" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 111.4 cm
Fleming & Co. (N.Z.) :Sergt. Dan's favourite - Sweet Heart O'Wheat custard. Sergt. Dan....
Date: 1933
From: [Ephemera relating to food products and nutrition. 1920-1939]
By: Fleming and Company; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-1933-01
Description: Small flier with an illustration on the front and a recipe on the verso for Sweet heart o'wheat custard. The front shows a bowl of custard, and at the right the familiar figure of Sergeant Dan, the surprised boy in the lemon squeezer hat and scouting uniform. Other Titles - Sergeant, Company, New Zealand, Coulls Somerville Wilkie Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 64 x 111 mm
"Sure it's good!"; it's Fleming's Creamoata, my breakfast!" [1960-70s].
Date: 1960 - 1980
By: Thorp, Nigel, active 1978-2018
Reference: Eph-C-THORP-03
Description: Shows head and hand of boy about to feed himself a spoonful of breakfast cereal. Exhibited in 'To market, to market' Exhibition of advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. First Floor foyer, National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 445 x 275 mm.