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Chain of New Zealand bookstores run by the Emanuel brothers

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Dr Margaret Bailey :[Paper bags. 1970-1990s]

Date: 1970 - 1995

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-Bailey-Paper

Description: Includes bags from: Paper Plus, Capital Books, Pharmacy, Arthur Toye, Whitcoulls, Our Health Shop, DIC, Kirkcaldie & Stains, London Bookshop, Whitcombe & Tombs, Unity Books, Hannahs, Unichem, Barker & Pollock, Ballentynes, Camera House, Booksellers, Vita Health Foods, Blue Sky, Four Square, Bookman's (Wanganui) Quantity: 44 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour prints, on paper bags, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by Dr Margaret Bailey, Porirua, in 2006.

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[Paper and plastic shopping bags, collected by Ms Kay Poynton. 1960-1980s]

Date: 1960 - 1989

Reference: Eph-D-BAGS-Poynton

Description: Includes plastic bags for: Canon, Extra Elegance (fashion boutique for size 16 and over), Eddie Fletcher Pharmacy, Katies, Kirkcaldie & Stains, Levene, London Bookshops, Mainly Tramping, Mittons (for the fuller figure), Paulls, Rembrandt Suits, Stickybun (at James Cook Centra). Includes paper bags for: Mode Apparel (Lower Hutt) Quantity: 16 bags. Physical Description: Photolithographs and relief prints on paper and plastic, sizes varying from below A2 size.

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[Plastic bags from retail outlets, collected by Dr Margaret Bailey. 1990-2000s]

Date: 1985 - 2003

By: Bailey, Margaret Lockhart (Dr), 1945-

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-Bailey-Plastic

Description: Includes bags from: AA Central. Touring wallet BNZ Travel B. Ballentynes. (Manufactured by Chequer). Ballentyne's [Fashion Central] Ltd. Ballentyne's, where value is always in fashion. Be environment friendly ... recycle this bag Bennetts Booksellers; the book fanatics Books & More. New Zealand Post. Your one stop shop. Briscoes. Stanford greeting cards - From the heart. (Manufactured by PPL Corp) Camera House (Smile, you're at Camera House - photo centres throughout New Zealand) Cartridge World. Countdown. Guaranteed quality freshness. Chequer Packaging (S.I.) Ltd. Countdown Express bag. This bag is recyclable and proudly made in N.Z. by Chequer. Ph. (09) 274-8078. Deka. You know where. Dick Smith Electronics. Big brands, better deals: Panasonic, Maxell, Shimasu, Compaq, Arlec, Koss, Sharp, Digitor, Powercor Corruption control, Funway, Motorola. Do the right thing - don't litter; an environment protection programme from Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society. (2 versions) Dymocks Booksellers. Farmers; the price is right. The Red Bag. Farmers, where the price is right! Glassons Hannahs, the shoe people for all people Hugh Wright Ltd Ideal Electrical Suppliers. James Smith's (3 different) George Janis Hairdressing / L'Oreal Professionel K Mart. Always low prices - Always. Guaranteed cheapest everyday low prices ... everyday. Recyclable at K Mart. K Shoes Kapiti Candles Ltd, Lindale Centre Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society. 'Do the right thing'; an environmental protection programme from Keep New Zealand Beautiful Society. Don't litter; we keep Porirua beautiful Kircaldie & Stains Kirkcaldie's. Bag produced by Trigon Plastics (Wgtn) Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand (2 sizes, smaller one without the subtitle). Kiwi Plastic Ltd, Wellington New Zealand. Bags for your convenience. Local Directories; part of your community. Kiwi Plastic, Ph (04) 2377 829. London Bookshops (3 sizes) Mervyn Adams Shoes Mitre 10 (Firm, N.Z.)(small bag) Mitre 10 (Firm, N.Z.) / Fly Buys (2 sizes) Mitre 10, New Zealand's biggest hardware specialists. bright Building Supplies, Paremata Crescent, Paremata Mitre 10 recommend Taubmans Premium Paints New World Supermarkets (N.Z.) Ltd (blue bag with red lettering) New World Supermarkets (N.Z.) [August 1995] New World Supermarkets Ltd. NW, first in food. Cheq-Mate, from Chequer, Auckland NZ, N.Z. Pat. App. 202183. New World Supermarkets Ltd / Fly Buys (3 different) New Zealand Collison Repair Association New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau Newbolds. This bag is fully recyclable. Omni-Pak. Phone 328-035 Open this end. Danger. Keep away from small children. The film may cling to the face and prevent breathingl (2 copies) Pascoes, the Jewellers Price Busters $2 Shop (Yellow and red) Ben Rumble Communications Save the Children Fund Sportscene, the best sports store in town. Spotlight; Australia's largest fabric, craft & home interior superstores! Join the Spotlight VIP Club today! Square Edge; Manawatu Community Arts centre, Palmerston North Two Dollar Shop ($2 Shop) Unico Vita Health Foods. [30 November 1999] Wardells are cheaper cheaper cheaper. Trigon Freeze'n Find Bags. Trigon Plastics Limited. The Warehouse 'where everyone gets a bargain' (3 different) Warehouse Stationery / Copy Centre. This bag is recyclable and proudly made in N.Z. by Chequer. Ph. (03) 352-6144. Weetbix; once is never enough Whitcoulls Ltd Woolworth's Woolworth's / Kachingo [ca 2003] Woolworths; take a fresh look Also includes other bags with text as follows: Trigon Freeze'n Find Bags Alison's choice (scoopermarket bag featuring Alison Holst) Biohazard specimen bag Quantity: 81 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour print on plastic bags, sizes varying around 500 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Margaret Bailey, Wellington, in 2006. Transfers: Scrapbooks from the same donation are housed at: MS-Group-1478.

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Leslie and Shirley Megget :[Collection of shopping bags and wrapping paper. 1960-1990s]

Date: 1960 - 1995

By: Megget family

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-Megget

Description: Collection of paper bags and wrapping paper from: Sports Haven (Cuba St and Willis St, Wellington), Vance Vivian, Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd (2 different), The Record Specialists Ltd and HMV (Lambton Quay and Cuba Street Wellington), Para Rubber, London Bookshops, James Smiths (4 different), House of Stoneham, Nees Hardware, Croxley aerogramme (2 different), EMI, HMV makes it happen, EMI Records (246 Queen Street Auckland, 71 Manners St Wellington, 731 Colombo Street Christchurch, 261 George St Dunedin), Hannahs Footwear (2 different), Sunley Chemist Ltd, Farmers (wrapping paper showing Father Christmas). Quantity: 25 colour photo-mechanical print(s) paper bags and wrapping paper. Physical Description: Offset prints, and relief prints on bags and wrapping, sizes varying below 500 mm.

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Papers relating to publishing (1)

Date: 1973-1980

From: Catley, Christine McKelvie Cole (Dame), 1922-2011 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11651-281

Description: Includes correspondence, royalty statements, dust jacket design with photograph, and tabulated Whitcoulls sales sheets for the 1977-1979 period. Also copy of Book Publishers of New Zealand Directory (1979). Not all names indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photo and printed matter

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Ephemera up to octavo size, relating to bookshops, book dealers and book retail outlets

Date: 1900-2019

By: Anah Dunsheath Antiquarian Booksellers; Featherston Booktown Trust Board; London Bookshops Ltd; Millwood Gallery; New Zealand Bible, Tract and Book Society; New Zealand Book Council; Quilters Bookshop; Smith's Bookshop Ltd; Unity Books Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BOOKSELLER-1900/2019

Description: Comprises ephemera relating to bookshops, book dealers and book retail outlets from the period 1900 to 2019. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 65 pieces of ephemera.

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Types of pornography - Periodicals

Date: [1990-1991]

From: Women Against Pornography : Records

Reference: 2004-249-109

Description: Three files relating to types of magazine pornography; (1) New Zealand erotic digest; (2) Private lives; (3) Trust and London Books Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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[Paper and plastic shopping bags, collected by Ms Kay Poynton. 1960-1980s]

Date: 1960 - 1989

By: Bascands Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-Poynton

Description: Includes plastic bags for: Booksellers, Cuba Street (your wonderful world of shopping), Guerlain (Paris), HMV, Hannahs, London Bookshops, Munro's, Tower Music, Whitcoulls Includes paper bags for: Booksellers, Community Pharmacy, DIC (6 is four different patterns), Kirkcaldie's (various sizes), London Bookshops, Martin's Toy Stores, Paper Plus (Ahradsen's Johnsonville), Reflections (exclusive bedroom and bathroom accessories), Regal greeting cards (by Tanner Couch - 2, including "Merry Christmas! Hohoho!"), Save the Children Fund, Savlon Babycare (by ICI), James Smiths (3 different), 2468 Fashions, Wadestown Pharmacy (1986) Limited (2 different), Waltons (bag printed by Bascands), Whitcoulls (2 different). Quantity: 41 bags. Physical Description: Photolithographs and relief prints on paper and plastic, sizes varying from A5 to A2 size.

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London Book Shop, Porirua

Date: [ca Jan 1966]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-1938-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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London Book Shop, Porirua

Date: 1966

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-1939-F

Description: London Book Shop, Porirua, 1966, photographed by Duncan Winder. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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London Book Shop, Porirua

Date: [ca Jan 1966]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-1937-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

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Scenes in Maidstone Mall, Upper Hutt

Date: 1974

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1197

Description: Scenes taken at various locations in Maidstone Mall, Upper Hutt, taken about the time of its openind in October 1974. Shops include James Smith's, New World, London Books and Chalet Icecream Parlour. Images show people with shopping trolleys, others relaxing on circular seating at the foot of an escalator, and others looking down over a balcony. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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Scenes in Maidstone Mall, Upper Hutt

Date: 1974

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1198

Description: Scenes taken at various locations in Maidstone Mall, Upper Hutt, taken about the time it first opened in October 1974. Visitors include children carrying balloons. Visible shops include London Books and the Chalet Icecream Parlour. Full sized scales for public use seen in frame 9. A man and a woman are seen in frames 8 and 10; he is carrying their baby in a backpack. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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Outside London Bookshop in Cuba Mall

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1238

Description: Most of the images show a group of women and children standing on the pavement outside the London Bookshop in Cuba Mall, possibly watching a lunchtime concert. A tall young Māori woman wearing sunglasses, with a child in her arms, is seen in all scenes except frames 2 and 9. Frame 2 shows women and children walking along Cuba Mall beside Farmers Trading Company. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

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Manners Street and Cuba Street, Wellington

Date: 1975

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1274

Description: All frames were taken in the Manners Street, Cuba Street area of Wellington. Frame 1 shows two men seated on a concrete wall on the edge of a garden planted with bushes (possibly pate, or patete, with about 7 leaflets). In frame 2 3 young Māori are walking along manners Street, with the Regent Theatre visible in the background. Frame 3 shows a group of men on a construction site with a large concrete mixer on the road; frames 4 to 12 were taken in Cuba Street outside London Bookshop with a group of people watching an unseen activity in Cuba Mall. Frames 5 to 12 are focussing on a young couple, a tall Māori [?] with his shorter European girlfriend. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film