Thomson & Company

Date: 1909

Reference: Eph-B-VARIETY-1909

Description: Includes programmes or fliers for the following: Fuller's Vaudeville Co. (With Nina Gonzales, George and Les Scott, Chas Heath, Nellie Leslie, Joe Rox, Merly Laurence, The Three Starrs, The National Duo, Frank Crowther's Orchestra, Delino, Joe Lamb, Tom Armstrong, Priscilla verne, the Tossing Testros, British Biograph. Theatre Royal (Wellington). Programme ending 31 December 1909 Grand popular concert in aid of YMCA Cricket Club. Concert Chamber Town Hall, 9 February 1909. Programme / flier (Mr Wm Goudie, Miss Violet Mueller, Mr E Archer, Mr P L Minifie, Miss Ethel Lissack, Mrs M L Sutcliffe, Miss A Dobbie, Mr Moran, Mr Charles M Howard, Mr Proctor). His Majesty's Theatre. Grand entertainment in aid of the Maternity Home. Thursday, 5 August 1909. Herald Print, Gisborne. Programme. They are coming! They are here! The Viviennes and Select Pictures. Under the sole direction of Mr C E Cutts; touring manager Mr Robert Hardie; business manager Mr W Vivienne. Programme [with advertising for Adrain [Adrian] Hope, the "Golden Shadows" waltz, for Nelson Moate teas, the Dresden Piano Company, and for Wai-Rongoa natural mineral water from Thomson & Co, Dunedin. 1909] (2 copies) Wednesday "Pops" (every Wednesday) under direction of Wellington Professional Orchestra, conductor Mr Frank J Oakes. Programme (performers include Mr J F Carr, Mr Borneo Gardiner, Mrs Orr-Loring, Mr R Kain, Mr Ernest Parkes). Quantity: 5 programmes and fliers. Physical Description: Printed programmes, under 300 mm.

Date: 1949

By: H W Bullivant Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-EDUCATION-1949-01

Description: Cardboard cover used to protect children's individual issues of the "School journal". Text and illustration is mainly advertising - for the following: Woods' great peppermint cure; Thomson's Purity Ltd (beverages, Dunedin) "Every bite pure delight - eat apples"; Kruse's fluid magnesia (Kempthorne Prosser & Company); Government Life Insurance Office, Hallenstein Brothers Ltd; "Tune into your ZB station"; Drink milk for health; "Don't run out from behind parked vehicles - stop and look before you cross the road, issued by the Transport Department". Two copies held, one over-written with 1951 date, one with 1956 date. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on folded cardboard cover, 230 x 145 mm.

Date: Circa 1920s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1027-1/2-G

Description: Interior view of the premises of Thomson & Co, aerated water and cordial manufacturers in Dunedin. The image shows ceiling mouldings in Maori rafter pattern design, Maori carved wooden figure, stained glass windows and wooden paneling around the wall. The centre window in inscribed "Thomsons. Dunedin. New Zealand. Raspberry vinegar". Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1910

From: [Pamphlet advertising Methven boilers and pipes, Creamoata, Thomson's Purity Raspberry Vinegar, and Thomson's Purity Lime Juice. ca 1910].

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1910-01-04

Description: Shows a bottle of Thomson's lime juice cordial beneath a sprig of lemons and leaves. There is a guarantee of no second, third or lower pressings; no cheap uncultivated wild fruit; no unripe fruit; no over-ripe fruit; no tartaric acid; no unrefined juice; no artificial thickeners, frothings, flavourings, colourings, adulterations; no oil of limes, no windfalls, no water, no preservatives. Sole agents were Ford & Mirams (Canterbury), Salmon & Spraggon (Wellington), H E Gillespie (Auckland). Extended Title - From "[Pamphlet advertising Methven boilers ...]" Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlet. Physical Description: Offset print on folded pamphlet, 297 x 230 mm.

Date: 1890

From: The New Zealand jubilee and exhibition chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.; H. Brett, Star Lithographic Engraving and Printing Works, [1890].

Reference: PUBL-0196-041

Description: Shows a three-storeyed building in a manufacturing district. There is a train on a railway line in the left foreground, and a horsedrawn cart with barrels or bottles on board, at the right. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on page of book. Physical Description: Engraving, 80 x 120 mm. Provenance: Volume available in New Zealand and Pacific book collection at f919.31 NEW 1890.

Date: 1910

From: [Pamphlet advertising Methven boilers and pipes, Creamoata, Thomson's Purity Raspberry Vinegar, and Thomson's Purity Lime Juice. ca 1910].

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1910-01-03

Description: Shows a bucket of raspberries being tipped into a very large bottle of Thomson's raspberry vinegar, made of raspberry juice and sugar. There is an exhortation not to "confuse Thomson's "Purity" cordials with cheap lines sold under the same name". Sole agents were: Ford & Mirams (Canterbury), Salmon & Spraggon (Wellington), and H E Gillespie (Auckland) Extended Title - From "[Pamphlet advertising Methven boilers ...]" Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlet. Physical Description: Offset print on folded pamphlet, 297 x 230 mm.

Date: 1893

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; F W Niven & Company; Moody, John George, active 1893

Reference: Eph-E-BUILDINGS-Dunedin-1893-02

Description: Shows a view of Dunedin from Logan's Point in the centre. Surrounding it from top left (clockwise) are: James Macfie & Co City Coal Depot; James Duthie & Co's Colonial Carrying Company of New Zealand, J & J Arthur (tailors); A & T Burt (engineers); Thomson & Co. Crystal Springs Mineral Water Works; H E Shacklock (ironfounder and engineer); Joseph Mackay City Boot Palace; St Domonic's Convent and High School; W Melville's Cyclists' Exchange and Sewing Machine Depot; Andrew Lees (glass importer); J W Faulkner & Sons (Ornamnetal iron and wire works); John Gillies Wholesale and retail Cabinetmaker and upholsterer, and undertaker; Findlay and Murdoch City Sawmills; Paterson & Barr (hardware importers); Duthie Brothers General Drapers; F A Hooper & Co (Furnishing Warehouse); W D Houston (Gentlemen's mercer); Joseph Braithwaite (Book and Stationery importer); New Zealand Engineering and Electrical Company (Thomas Stevenson, R H Postlethwaite); Edward Iles (Hairdresser, Wigmaker). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Printed for the proprietors of the "Evening Star" Dunedin, by F W Niven & Co., and published by John George Moody, Mornington. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured, 637 x 1010 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1980.

Date: 1914 - 1918

From: [Ephemera relating to soft drinks, carbonated and aerated beverages]

By: Caxton Printing Company (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-BEVERAGE-Soft-1915-01

Description: Postcard shows a New Zealand soldier in the Egpytian desert with a pyramid and army tents in the background. He is smiling and looking down at a bottle of Thomson's soda in the foreground. Note also that the same illustration was used on a postcard advertising Wai-ronga mineral water - see Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-24-04-2 Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Other Titles - Thomsons Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 137 x 87 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Shades Stamp Shop, Christchurch, in 2005.

Date: 1880s?

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

Reference: 1/2-089104-F

Description: Looking towards The Spit in Napier Harbour, from Bluff Hill, circa 1880s. Shows the four storied Bluff Boarding house in the centre, and the premises of Thomson & Co, bottom left. Photographer unidentified. Identical image at PAColl-4398 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: Circa 1920s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1028-1/2-G

Description: Interior view of the premises of Thomson & Co, aerated water and cordial manufacturers in Dunedin. The image shows Maori carving above and beside several doors, with fanlight windows advertising "Thomsons. Stone ginger" and "Thomsons. Raspberryade", ceiling mouldings in Maori patterns, and wooden paneling around the wall. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: Circa 1920s

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1026-1/2-G

Description: Interior view of the premises of Thomson & Co, aerated water and cordial manufacturers in Dunedin. The image shows a closeup of Maori carving above and beside a safe door, with Maori artwork in a design on the door, and wooden paneling around the wall. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1726-1/2-G

Description: View of Thomson & Company building used for processing mineral spring water, their specialty "Wairongoa" mineral water at North Taieri. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Information about the firm and name "Wairongoa" from "Cyclopedia of New Zealand", Vol 4. Otago & Southland, p 296-297. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under Box 14. 94. Springs, medical. Wairongoa. 1926) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches