John Gillies (Firm)

Date: 1875 - 1877

By: John Gillies (Firm); Lister, Samuel, 1832?-1913

Reference: Eph-B-FURNITURE-1870s-02

Description: Photocopy of price list arranged in the same order as the illustrated catalogue, arranged by room: Kitchen, Bedroom, Sitting room, Mirrors & looking glasses, Drawing room, Lobby, Office, Miscellaneous. Red back cover shows an illustration of the furniture warehouse on George Street. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, some coloured, 210 x 297 mm. stapled at top corner

Date: 1875 - 1877

By: John Gillies (Firm); Lister, Samuel, 1832?-1913; Gilbert, Edward Ellery, 1848-1924

Reference: Eph-B-FURNITURE-1870s-01

Description: Illustrated catalogue of chairs, settees, beds (including four-poster beds), wardrobes, chests of drawers, mirrors, settles, sofas, cupboards, curtain-rails, etc. Red front cover shows an illustration of the furniture warehouse on George Street. One of the introductory pages shows a black and white illustration of the steam factory in Great King Street. Some furniture designs (eg Turnery page near the back, are similar to those in the 1874 Findlay catalogue at Eph-B-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1874, but have been re-engraved). Some designs may be copied from British designs by G M & H J Storey (London, 1865) (Note from donor, 2009). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photocopies, some coloured, 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Original previously owned (stamped) by E E Gilbert, piano importer of Wanganui.

Date: [between 1915-1916]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006846-G

Description: Looking north along George Street, Dunedin, from the Octagon. The first intersection is Moray Place. In the distance, at Frederick Street, is the Knox Church spire. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe between 1915-1916. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - George Street. Dunedin. NZ FG R 5724 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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.