Zoos - England

Date: May 1927

From: Pearson, Alfred William, fl 1924-1949 :Photographs relating to the New Zealand Navy

Reference: PA1-o-1334

Description: Views of the park at Ham House, Ham Common, and Ham church. Views of London include the city from the dome of St Pauls Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the Cenotaph, and London Zoo. Chartridge village Buckinghamshire, the surrounding countryside, and a woman friend or relative, and her children. Sheerness, Kent, its band stand, beach, and bowling green. This album resulted from a trip to England by HMS Dunedin on which A W Pearson served from 1924 to 1936. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1931-May 1932

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1614

Description: Includes photographs of views around London, and various parts of England; Zillah with violin case outside Royal College; first snow in London; visiting family friends; children receiving oranges and lemons at St Clement Danes Church. In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm

Date: 1900 - 1950

By: Rountree, Harry, 1878-1950

Reference: B-147-055

Description: Two-stage cartoon shows a stork, a parrot, a kangaroo, and penguin, a hippopotamus, and a bulldog playing cricket. The bulldog is bowling to the kangaroo, who hits the ball straight into the hippopotamus' mouth, and is called "OUT". Rountree was a New Zealand artist. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured pencil, 510 x 317 mm.

Date: 1805 - 1908

From: [Collection of ephemera, posters, handbills, collected by Kenneth Athol Webster. 1800-1920]

Reference: Eph-C-WEBSTER-UK-Miscellaneous

Description: Includes: 1805: Panorama Leicester-Square. Expalantion of the view of Gibraltar and Bay, taken from the Battery called the Devil's Tongue. In the upper circle is A view of Edinburgh. 1805, J Adlard, printer, Duke-Street, Smithfield. Mr barker, inventor and proprietor of the Panorama, Leicester-Square Pre 1829: Royal Grand National Menagerie, Exeter 'Change, Strand. A majestic full grown lion ... panthers or American tygers ... striped or untameable hyaenas ... a noble emew of Linnaeus's Southern Ostrich ... [Pre 1829. Webster Collection 2967] 1828: Four nights more, of the Exhibition of the Royal Mechanical and Optical Museum [1828] Summer Theatre Hull. Mr Philipsthal ... Museum ... Hydraulic and hydrostatic experiements, uniting fire and water ... two elegant automata ... a wonderful mechanical peacock, an old necromancer ... a Cossack solo dancer; Optics, a panoramic view of St Peter's at Rome with an interior view of the Rajah's Hall of Audience ... a prepresentation of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius .... to conclude with a series of optical and mechanical fire-works 27, 28, 30 31 October 1828. 1830: Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden. This present Tuesday January 26, 1830 (10th time), the new comedy of "A husband's mistake; or The corporal's wedding" ... Harlequin and Cock Robin or Vulcan & Venus ... Robert's moving diorama of the Polar Expedition, the Cave of Jamna, The Palace and Bower of venus ... "Giovanni in London" [Webster Collection 2971] 1839: The Thames Tunnel, open to the public every day (except Sunday) from nine in the morning, until dark... the works are now in active progress. Thames Tunnel Office, Walbrook Buildings, Walbrook, April 1839. 1845: Victoria Saloon Room, Humber-Street. Last week in Hull of the Mummy, when it will be removed for exhibition to Leicester-Square, London ... this natural curiosity, the remains of a human being preserved by guano! after being buried nearly one hundred years. [1845. Webster Collection 2963] 1853: Church School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Dr Shaw ... recreative philosophy; wonders of all ages, arts &sciences ... marvel producers .. ventriloquism ... magical chemical changes ... fire cloud of the Thebans ... photo-chemical light ... polychromatic beacon. 6 June 1853. 1857: Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Monday August 10th 1857, and last week of the Equestrian performances at this theatre. Programme 1859: Oakley Rooms, Manor Street, Chelsea. Teetotalism. The following course of Thursday evening lectures will be delivered by the popular & admired Temperance lecturer Miss Jessie Craigen... [1859] [1860s?] and 1867: Programme; the wondrous Chinese entertainments ... Arr Hee ... Impalement of the human body [1980s]; and The tribe of Aussa-Ouas, the African convulsionnaires, snake-charmers, fire-eaters & conjurors. Temperance Hall Leicester, 18-19 December [1867] (2 flyers attached to one backing sheet) 1863: Mr Duncan MacMillan the ventriloquist. An hour with the ventriloquist! who is about to appear in this town [1863] 1873: A lecture will be delivered in the Dining Hall on Tuesday December 16, 1873 by Prof Leone Levi, F.S.A., F.G.S., &c. Subject "Galileo and science in Italy", the chair to be taken by F L Cook, esq., at 6.30 pm. J Huxtable & Co., printers, 2 Curthasian Street, E.C. 1886: Popular lectures; a course of popular lectures on behalf of the funds of the Newburgh Reading-Room, will be delivered as under, in the Mason's Hall, Newburgh. Friday, 19th November 1886. 1888: Newburgh Race Market. Friday 15th June [1888]. Boat race ... Games. ... the celebrated Dunnikier Brass Band. 1890s: The Tower Blackpool. Aquatic and variety circus with Miss [Marie] Finney's high dive, Mr William Hagenbeck's performing animals, Herr Arthur and his equestrian tiger, Selbini Troupe of Bicyclists, The Three Judges, Wills & Dare, Professor Nero, Herr Herkenrath, the Phoite Pinaud ... etc [1890s] 1908: Empire Theatre of Varieties, Greenock. Prince Edward Pictures. Programme / poster [1908] 1930-1950s?: Hatfield Peverel's 5th annual pram race. April 18th, Race night dance; dancing to Ray Ford and the Statesmen... challenge cups to be presented by Miss Hatfield Peverel [1930s-1950s?] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, sizes varying below 350 mm. Provenance: From the collection of Kenneth Athol Webster.

Date: 1930

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Loose prints, drawings and paintings; and two albums of prints and drawings. 1924-1991]

Reference: E-915-q-009

Description: Shows two monkeys in an enclosure, one seated above the other on a shelf. Photographed in E-918-q, 110/114. Details supplied in Rod Cook's notebook at E-918-q, to the effect that the artist had this print framed when living at Patea Street. It was a steel engraving done as a class exercise, the only steel engraving she did. The chimpanzees were at the London Zoo. Extended Title - Loose in her '[Album of prints, 1930-1937; 1978-1980 ...]', page [9 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Steel engraving, plate 145 x 120 mm, on brown paper 215 x 145 mm.