Godfrey Phillips (NZ) Ltd

Date: 1943 - 1949

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-007-009/014

Description: Includes floor plans, elevations, details and sections. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes mostly around 550 x 750 mm.

Date: 1939 - 1944 - 1949 - 1940

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-007-001/008

Description: Includes floor plans, elevations and sections. Quantity: 8 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper, sizes mostly around 550 x 800 mm.

Date: 1953

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Kelly & Mair (Firm)

Reference: Plans-93-0289

Description: Shows plan of machine room, plan of second floor, elevations of south and west walls, and sections. Other Titles - Room Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper, 685 x 747 mm.

Date: 1942

From: Rothschild, Peter Henry, 1923-1983: Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-11919-04

Description: Contains copy of `Greys war dictionary' (Wellington: Godfrey Phillips, 1942), a compendium of humourous definitions of military terms and biographies of public figures. Also clipped newspaper advertisements for Greys tobacco, which include excerpts from the war dictionary. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: 1950 - 1959

Reference: Eph-C-TOBACCO-1950s-01/27

Description: Includes: 01-05: Capstan navy cut cigarettes. Medium. 500 in cartons of 10. Made in New Zealand by W D & H O Wills (New Zealand) Ltd. [Dark blue print] 06-09: Capstan navy cut cigarettes. Cork tipped. 500 in cartons of 10. Made in New Zealand by W D & H O Wills (New Zealand) Ltd. [Red print] 10-11: 500 De Reszke Virginias, made in New Zealand by J Millhoff & Co. Ltd. Plain 500 "De Reszke" Virginias in 10's packets [Blue print] 12-15: 500 De Reszke Virginias, made in New Zealand by J Millhoff & Co. Ltd., Wellington. Cork tipped 500 "De Reszke" Virginias in 10s packets [Green print] 16-17: Du Maurier, manufactured for Peter Jackson of London Ltd, 217 Piccadilly, London, W, by St James's Tobacco Co. of N.Z. Ltd., Auckland. 18-19: Flight cigarettes, fine Virginia plain. Made for the proprietors of the trade mark by the St James's Tobacco Company of N.Z. Ltd., Auckland. JCB, Johnston Cardboard Box, Auckland 20-21: The Greys silk cut cigarettes. 200 cigarettes in packets of 20. Made in England for the proprietors by Godfrey Phillips Ltd., London 22-24: "Greys" fine cut Virginia tobacco. 1 lb net. 2 oz pkts. Manufactured by Godfrey Phillips (N.Z.) Ltd, Wellington, for Major Drapkin & Co., London 25-26: Gallaher's "Park Drive" tobacco, made in New Zealand. 2 1/2 lbs fine cut, 2 oz. boxes 27: Senior Service cigarettes. J A Pattreiouex (Overseas) Ltd., England. 200 in packets of 20. Made in the United Kingdom Quantity: 27 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints on light cardboard, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by the Southward Museum, in 2011. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1989, and Photographic Archive..

Date: 1930 - 1965

From: [Posters and advertising ephemera purchased 2016 at Art + Object. 1910-1960]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-PRINTING-Whitcombe-2

Description: Includes: 1. Bliss supersedes soap. The magic wash for woollens, fine fabrics, dishes, everything! (Proof sheet)(2 copies) 2. Cadbury's drinking chocolate (Proof sheet) 3. Chandler & Co. Ltd. Go to Bruce's shops for cakes, pastries, sponges. "Try our honey bread; it's great" [1930s?] 4. Edmonds sure to rise quality products [Edmonds cake baking powder, Edmonds jelly crystals, Edmonds artificial vanilla custard powder, Edmonds Acto baking powder, Edmonds finest maize cornflour, Edmonds sponge mix, Edmonds baking powder]. Proof sheet 5. Empire Rubber Mills Ltd, Woolston. New Empire moulded straight inflations (Packaging proof sheet, light card) 6. Godfrey Phillips (Aust.) Pty Ltd. Greys is great. 1/2 lb jar 7/-; 2 oz tin 1/9; 1 oz pkt 10 1/2. (Proof sheet) 7. Grogan's Cordials Ltd, Lord St., Greymouth. Orange, artificially coloured, preservatised (Proof sheet of repeated pattern) 8. Liquid Fli-Keelo kills flies, moths, mosquitoes, fleas. Pleasantly perfumed; harmless to human beings and fabrics (Proof sheet) 9. Mitchell's Prize crop; Silver Fern mild; Time for a Capstan; Ardath the English cigarette (4 strip packaging labels on one proof sheet) 10. Montgomery's Furnishings Ltd. Furniture, furnishings, carpets, linoleums at the most up-to-date modern showroom in Lower Hutt. Best value for cash or easy terms. Lower Hutt and at Oxford St., Levin (2 copies) 11. New Zealand Breweries Ltd. Bavarian Bitter old style beer, fully matured [Sheet of labels, 11 remaining out of 12] 12. Quill Morris (1936) Ltd. Coronet sarsparilla, compound beverage, extra special, contains preservative (Proof sheet of repeated pattern) 13. Speedee jugs; always leaders in the field / Railways Studios 14. Walker & Hall (N.Z.) Ltd. Safeguarded quality. Goldsmiths, silversmiths & Cutlers / Railways Studios 15. J R Watkins Co (N.Z.) Ltd. Watkins gift sets, Xmas club box (Proof sheet of repeated pattern) 16. J R Watkins Co (N.Z.) Ltd. Scalp tonic (Proof sheet of repeated pattern; for bottle label?) (2 copies) 17. J R Watkins Co (N.Z.) Ltd. Watkins violet talcum powder (Proof sheet of repeated pattern) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying up to 550 mm. Provenance: Likely to be from Ferrymead Printing Society, along with other lots purchased at the same time (eg lot 407).

Date: 1950

From: [Posters and advertising ephemera purchased 2016 at Art + Object. 1910-1960]

Reference: Eph-E-TOBACCO-1950s-02

Description: Poster shows three different containers of silk cut Virginia tobacco: the half-pound glass jar (with its "everfresh screw top"), the one-ounce packet and the two-ounce tin. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 1015 x 760 mm. Provenance: Previous owner likely to have been Ferrymead Printing Society.

Date: 1932 - 1939

By: Ferrymead Printing Society; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-SMOKING-1935-01

Description: Poster shows an arrangement of cork-tip cigarettes in formation as the letters B, D and V. B.D.V. stands for Boyd & Dibrell Virginia. Godfrey Philips Ltd introduced B.D.V cigarettes in the early 1900s, and these were made until 1948. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 217 x 420 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by the Ferrymead Printing Society (rubber stamp on verso).

Date: 1930 - 1950

By: Godfrey Phillips (NZ) Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-1930s-01

Description: Shows a stretch of the Wanganui River, looking down at two boats moored at a small jetty. There are tree ferns in the foreground. The image is based on a New Zealand Government Publicity photograph. "This is No. 15 of a series of 30 cards issued with the larger packets of the brands manufactured by Godfrey Phillips Ltd., and associated companies". The NZ Government publicity photograph on which this postcard is based, is reproduced in a pamphlet inside spread at Eph-A-PARKS-Tongariro-1949-01-inside Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Offset lithograph on postcard, 127 x 90 mm.

Date: 1947 - 1959

By: Godfrey Phillips (NZ) Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-TOBACCO-1950s-01

Description: Shows the head and shoulders of a smiling man at lower left holding a cigarette. The central picture is a photograph of a one pound jar, a two-ounce tin, and a one-ounce packet of Greys silk cut Virginia tobacco. The packet has been opened to reveal some of the tobacco spilling out. The name of the manufacturer, Godfrey Phillips (N.Z.) Ltd, Wellington is written on the side of the tin lid. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 1015 x 760 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2007.