Mowing machines
Further photographs
Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]
From: Brierley Investments: Records
Reference: PAColl-9567
Description: Photographs of New Zealand Farmers Cooperative Association of Canterbury retail shops in Christchurch, 1960s-1970s. Includes photographs which show posters promoting the change to the decimal currency system. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 52 b&w original photographic print(s). 13 colour original photographic print(s).
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"I said, 'We want to hear the second leg and would yo...
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-387-017
Description: Shows a man sitting outside and listening to sports on the radio with a friend while his wife mows the law. The wife responds to her husband's request to stop mowing by sending the lawnmower flying in his direction Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, blue coloured pencil and white corrector on card, 280 x 255 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :Mayne topics. [1960]
Date: 1960
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-387-090
Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. The first frame is titled '250LB obsolete bombs exploded.' Shows two women having a cup of tea while road works involving a jack hammer are going on outside. One of the women says, 'Thunderstorms, hailstorms, earthquakes, bomb explosions... what next??' The second frame is titled 'Mr Nash away off on trip.' Walter Nash is travelling so quickly between countries that he is just a blur. The final frame is titled 'Enrolments rolling in for Percy Cerutty course.' Shows a man who is sweating after mowing the lawn with a push mower. He is holding a piece of paper which reads 'Motor mowers from [GBP]39 to [GBP]65'. The man's wife says, 'You needn't think you are going to that expense, when all you need is a Percy Cerutty course for only [GBP]1-0-0!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :Mayne topics. [1950s-1960s]
Date: 1950 - 1969
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-387-098
Description: Shows three frames illustrating unrelated topics. The first frame is titled 'Move to have names painted on schools' and shows a young boy painting 'Bert loves Mary' on a wall. The next frame pictures the North and South Islands and reads 'Mr. Baudier - French Ambassador to NZ, says South Island is 'very nice' and 'seems much more continental than North'. That's surprising because it often seems that, up north, they don't give a continental for the South.' The final frame is titled 'Spring!' and shows a man lying in a hammock and listening to a sports match on the radio instead of mowing the lawn. His wife says, 'Fred never was one to let the grass grow under his feet.' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm
[Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to lawnmowers. 1940-1989]
Date: 1940 - 1989
From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to lawnmowers]
Reference: Eph-A-LAWNMOWERS-1940/1989
Description: Includes: 1948: Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport "Service" ball-bearing, 1948 series. [Card] (2 copies) 1950s?: Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport Lawn Sprite motor mower instruction book. [1950s?] 1960s?: Masport Cleveland [Folded card - Assembly, maintenance, parts list. 1960s?] 1963: Morrison Industries Ltd. Morrison warranty. 5 November 1963 Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport 18" 2-stroke de Luxe Rotacut. Owner manual [ca 1967] 1968: Charles H Pugh Ltd: ATCO battery electric mowers. printed in England by W W Curtis Ltd, Coventry. 200 MHX 10/68 [1968?] 1970s?: Flymo / Mellersta Skanes Civiltryckeri AB, Horby [1970s?]. Pamphlet 1970: Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport owner manual, Premier 2 [1970] Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport Premier [Label] Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport owner's guarantee 8 October 1970. Card Morrison Industries Ltd. Mow Morrison and make lawn easy; featuring five new rotary design features and four engine options. [Booklet] 1970s: Mason & Porter Ltd. Masport owner manual, Premier 4 [1970s] 1985: Electrolux Flymo; your next mower. Pamphlet [ca 1985]
[Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to lawnmowers. 1990-1999]
Date: 1940 - 1989
From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to lawnmowers]
Reference: Eph-A-LAWNMOWERS-1990s
Description: Includes: 1990s?: Untitled pamphlet showing diagram of the parts of a mechanical push-mower models 33 and 40[1990s?] ca 1995: Black & Decker 400W/500W/600W whipper snippers. Models WS400 / WS500 / WS600. Instruction manual [ca 1995] Black & Decker. Trimmer GL550/GL560 [Manual. 1995] Flymo Turbo Lite 330; Turbo 400 [Owners manual. ca 1995] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes up to 240 mm.
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Now that the Lions have departed we can settle back to...
Date: 1959
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Cartoons from the Free Lance Collection 1954 to 1960]
Reference: C-076-200
Description: Four scenes depicting people `getting back to work' at the office and at home Publication - Published on 30 Sep 1959, page 4 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 184 x 660 mm
Henry Stevenson mowing the lawn at Pompallier House, Russell
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Pompallier House
Reference: PAColl-6558-1
Description: Mr Stevenson mowing the lawn alongside Pompallier House in Russell, circa 1920. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Former residence at the Bay of Islands of Bishop Pompalier[sic] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).