W D & H O Wills Ltd

British cigarette manufacturer.

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W D & H O Wills Ltd :Souvenir of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee Procession, June 22nd 18...

Date: 1897

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-ROYAL-1897-02

Description: Booklet includes ten illustrations of scenes during Queen Victoria's sixtieth jubilee in London: a portrait of the Queen; the Foreign princes and Indian escort; Victorian Rifles and New South Wales Lancers passing Pall Mall; Her Majesty the Queen at St Paul's cathedral; Cape and Canadian Rifles passing Constitution Hill; Natal Artillery and New Zealand Militia Contingents passing Hyde Park Corner; Blue Jackets passing the National Gallery; the Royal Carriage and escort passing the Houses of Parliament; the Hongkong and Straits Settlements and British Guiana Police and Jamaica Artillery passing the Strand; Hon Maurice Gifford and Captain Ames (the tallest man in the British army, height 6ft 5 inches). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 10 leaves, 141 x 198 mm.

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W D & H O Wills :Wills's Cigarettes. Regd 530,973 D [Partial set of shaped flag cards. ...

Date: 1910 - 1929

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Flags

Description: Includes flags for: Belgium, France, Great Britain, Japan, Russia, Servia. Britain discontinued referring to Serbia as "Servia" by about 1930. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) plus some duplicates. Physical Description: Colour print on light card, 60 x 32 mm (irregular)

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W D & H O Wills, Petone, Hutt County

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-015352-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland) Ltd :W D & H O Wills "Wills's "...

Date: 1927

By: Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland)

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Cigarette-1927-01

Description: Card shows a montage of images on the front: a tuatara, a frontal head and shoulders portrait of a Maori man, a kiwi, the houses of parliament in an unfinished state, cattle wading in water, and a flock of sheep. The verso gives facts about New Zealand: its area, native animals and birds, exports, manufactures and towns with populations for 1926-1927. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on card, 132 x 102 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in May 2014.

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Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland) Ltd :Arms of the British Empire...

Date: 1920 - 1929

By: Imperial Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland)

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Cigarette-1920s-01

Description: Card shows the coat of arms of New Zealand on the recto. The verso has text explaining the elements of the coat of arms. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on card, 62 x 80 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in May 2014.

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Various artists :[19 cigarette cards with the New Zealand flag and other iconography. 1...

Date: 1895 - 1955

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Cigarette-02

Description: Includes: 1. Hill's Cigarettes. No. 1. New Zealand Mounted Rifles. [ca 1900] 2. Cohen, Weenen & Co., London. NZ Mounted Rifles. [ca 1900] 3. I Rutter & Co's Mitcham Cigarettes. New Zealand [shows mounted soldier and initial design of United Tribes of NZ flag]. [ca 1900] 4. Pascalls Court Chocolates. Initial design of United Tribes of NZ flag]. [ca 1900] 5. Cope's Cigarettes. New Zealand [shows Maori woman against initial design of United Tribes of NZ flag]. [ca 1900] 6. Cope's cigarettes. The world's police: 4. Inspector, New Zealand [1890s?] 7. W D & H O Wills Cigarettes. New Zealand Ensign [red code signals flag ca 1899?] 8. John Player & Sons. No. 27: Flag; New Zealand emblem, British colony [ca 1900?] 9. Havelock Tobacco. Havelock Cigarettes. No 27: New Zealand [Maori man, clock and royal seal. Ca 1905] 10. John Player and Sons. National flags and arms. 31. New Zealand [after 1911] 11. John Player & Sons. Players Cigarettes. Army Corps & divisional signs 1914-1918. 2nd series no. 124. New Zealand Division: Silver fern [1920s?] 12. W D & H O Wills. Wills Cigarettes. Military motors, no. 25: Motor ambulance, New Zealand [1920s?] 13. John Player & Sons. Player's Cigarettes. Military uniforms of the British Empire overseas. No. 11: New Zealand Mounted Rifles [1930s] 14. Ogden's Cigarettes. Series of 50 flags and funnels of leading steamship line. No. 21: Shaw Savill and Albion Line. House flag and funnel [1930s?] 15. Ogden's Cigarettes. Series of 50 flags and funnels of leading steamship lines. No.6. New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd. House flag & funnel [1930s?] 16. Ogden's Cigarettes. Children of all nations. No. 50: New Zealand [1930s?] 17. Kensitas Cigarettes. British Empire; blue ensign of New Zealand. Printed in USA [Print on silk. Pre 1949] 18. Nieuw-Zeeland. Profile portrait of a young blond girl, on silk. 1930-1940s?] 19. Flags of the World. No. 68. New Zealand [ca 1955] Includes advertisement for Havelock Tobacco, manufactured in Richmond, Virginia. Quantity: 19 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithographs and offset prints, on cards, sizes varying around 70 x 40 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, in 2014.

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :V.C.s; series of 50. W D & H O Wills, London & Bristol [ca 1920]

Date: 1920 - 1928

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-VCs

Description: Includes cards with colour illustrations of the individuals in action earning their Victoria Crosses. Includes New Zealand soldiers Sergt L W Andrew (card no. 4) and Corpl C R Bassett (card no. 50). Library set holds the following cards: 2. Lieut C H Sewell 4. Sergt L W Andrew 11. Capt C N Mitchell 17. Second-Lieut C L Knox 23. Capt H Reynolds 24. Major G C Wheeler 25. Second-Lieut H V H Throssell 28. Private J C Kerr 32. Private M O'Meara 33. Private J Leak 37. Capt W H Johnston 43. Rifleman Gobar Sing Negi 44. Private S Harvey 45. Capt J L Green 46. Private H H Robson 50. Corpl C R Bassett Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s) of a set of 50 cigarette cards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on cards 68 x 38 mm. Provenance: Donated from the papers of Rodney Murphy in 2014.

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Wills, W D & H O (N.Z.) Ltd. Petone

Date: 1959

From: Various architects: Collection relating to William Gray Young architectural firms and successors

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Plans-GY-W86

Description: Title taken from information on enclosure and index card. Date taken from information on enclosure. Plan count taken from School of Architecture Library listing on enclosure. Arrangement: Record is in the envelope in which it was placed by the School of Architecture Library. The replacement envelope contains the original envelope as well as the plans, and has the firm's original reference number and any identifying details from the original envelope on the front. There is also a typed sheet affixed to the back of the envelope listing the types of plans and ntoing their condition. Quantity: 1 container(s) envelope containign 4 plans..

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Wills, W D & H O(New Zealand) Ltd. Otaki, Motueka, and Petone

Date: Date unknown

From: Various architects: Collection relating to William Gray Young architectural firms and successors

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Plans-GY-W76

Description: There are multiple index cards with this contract number. Title taken from information on enclosure and index card. Plan count taken from School of Architecture Library listing on enclosure. Arrangement: Record is in the envelope in which it was placed by the School of Architecture Library. The replacement envelope contains the original envelope as well as the plans, and has the firm's original reference number and any identifying details from the original envelope on the front. There is also a typed sheet affixed to the back of the envelope listing the types of plans and ntoing their condition. Quantity: 1 container(s) envelope containing 23 plans..

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Wills, W D & H O (New Zealand) Ltd. Petone and Motueka

Date: [1952-1953]

From: Various architects: Collection relating to William Gray Young architectural firms and successors

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Plans-GY-W75

Description: There are multiple index cards with this contract number. Title taken from information on enclosure and index card. Date assumed from contract numbers on index card. Plan count taken from School of Architecture Library listing on enclosure. Arrangement: Record is in the envelope in which it was placed by the School of Architecture Library. The replacement envelope contains the original envelope as well as the plans, and has the firm's original reference number and any identifying details from the original envelope on the front. There is also a typed sheet affixed to the back of the envelope listing the types of plans and ntoing their condition. Quantity: 1 container(s) envelope containing 12 plans..

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :A sporting holiday in New Zealand. [Set of 50 cigarette cards]....

Date: 1925 - 1928

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-Sport

Description: Incomplete set, but mostly two copies of those held. Contains: 1. The Prime Minister at play (Hon J G Coates) 2. Jean Borotra in New Zealand 3. E L Bartleet 4. Whaling in NZ 5. Quinnat salmon 6. A fine quinnat 7. [Fishing] On the Makuri 8. A crowded pool 9. The Fairy Spring 10. A record [catch] 11. A splendid pack 12. Desert Gold (horse) 13. Horse breaking 14. Rabitters 15. Mount Owen (dogs and fallen stag) 16. The "Iron Duke" in Wellington Harbour (yacht) 17. A schooner 18. Whangaroa, Okahumoko Bay 19. Canoe racing 21. A setter 22. "Free" (liberating a pheasant) 23. Pig shooting 24. Tasman Glacier 25. Opossum trappers 26. E L Bartleet (tennis player) 27. A fine stag 28. Homeward bound (with a shot carcass) 29. The All Blacks 30. The "Victory" (yacht) 31. Auckland Regatta 32. Cricket in New Zealand 33. White Island 34. Zane Gray's mako 36. Lake Wairarapa (duck shooters) 37. The jaws of death (man holds up mako shark jaws) 38. Bay of Islands 39. Netting salmon 40. Camping at Kawau Island 41. Camp at Mitre Peak 42. Lake Taupo (fisherman) 43. What fun (falling while skiing) 44. Ski-ing party, Mt Sebastopol 45. The Waihora (fishing on a river) 46. Tongariro, shi-ing party 47. The meet 48. End of the hunt 49. Shepherds 50. Opossum Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographs on cigarette cards, each 58 x 70 mm.

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Three Castles Cigarettes :The "All Blacks", 1924. Presented by the Proprietors of The "...

Date: 1924

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-RUGBY-1924-01

Description: Shows a group portrait of the team of All Blacks in 1924. Members included: J H Parker, I H Harvey, M Brownlie, C J Brownlie, B B McCleary, W R Irvine, A H Hart, P Donald, A White, A West, L F Cupples, R L Stewart, R R Masters, A C C Robilliard, J Steel, L Paewai, G Nepia, H G Munro, C Badeley, S J Dean (Manager), J Richardson, C G Porter (Captain), J Mill, M Nicholls, N T McGregor, W C Dalley, A E Cooke, F W Lucas, K S Svenson, H W Brown. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on poster 380 x 510 mm.

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :U.S.S. Co's steamers; a series of 50 [cigarette cards. 1930s?]

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Union

Description: Includes coloured cards showing the ships of the Union Steam Ship Company, with a short history of each ship. Set is incomplete (7 cards missing) 1. TS Arahura built 1905 2. RMS Aorangi built 1883 4. SS Arawata 1875-1897 5. TSS Atua built 1906 6. SS Beautiful star, 1862-1907 7. TSS Aparima, 1902-1917 8. MS Hauraki, built 1922 9. SS Hawea, 1875-1885 10. TS Loongana, built 1904 11. TS Maheno, built 1905 12. SS Maitai, 1892-1916 14. SS Manapouri, built 1882 15. SS Maori (1st), built 1868 16. TS Maori (2nd), built 1907 17. SS Mapourika, built 1898 18. TSS Marama, built 1907 19. SS Mararoa, built 1885 20. TSS Maunganui, built 1911 21. RMS Moana, 1897-1927 23. SS Mokoia, 1898-1928 24. SS Monowai, 1890-1926 25. TSS Navua, built 1904 26. RMS Niagara, built 1913 27. SS Paloona, 1899-1928 28. SS Pateena, 1883-1924 29. SS Ringarooma, built 1875 30. TS Rotoiti, built 1898, wrecked after 1912 32. RMS Tahiti, built 1904 33. SS Takapuna, 1883-1925 36. SS Tarawera, 1882-1927 37. SS Taupo, 1875-1879 38. SS Taviuni, 1890-1924 39. SS Te Anau, 1879-1924 40. SS Tekapo, 1881-1899 41. SS Waihora (1st), built 1883 42. SS Waikare, 1897-1910 43. SS Wairarapa, 1882-1894 44. SS Waitaki, built 1876 45. SS Warrimoo, built 1892 46. SS Wakatipu, 1876-1924 47. TSS Tofua, built 1908 48. SS Hauroto, buit 1882 49. TS Wahine, built 1913 50. TSS Manuka, 1903-1929 Other Titles - Union Steam Ship Company Quantity: 43 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards. Physical Description: Offset lithographs on cards, 38 x 70 mm.

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Wills album

Date: [published circa 1925 and 1926]

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: PA1-o-537

Description: Album containing two sets of cigarette cards published by W.D. & H.O Wills in 1926 (New Zealand. Early scenes & Maori life), and in 1925? (Ships and shipping). Each set contains 50 b&w photo-mechanical prints on cards 67 x 35 mm. New Zealand. Early scenes and Maori life: 1. Captain Cook; 2. The discovery of New Zealand - Tasman's ships; 3. Settler's arrival, Port Nicholson, 8th March 1840; 4. The Treaty of Waitangi; 5. Wellington 1841; 6. The Courts of Justice, Wellington about 1845 [from Brees]; 7. The Hutt Bridge (opened 1844) and Fort Richmond; 8. Auckland Harbour about 1852 [from Hogan]; 9. Makaenuku Pa, District of the Hutt [from Brees]; 10. Barrett's Hotel Lambton Quay 1841; 11. Church of England Parsonage [from Brees]; 12. Queen Street Wharf Auckland, 1852; 13. Early Auckland; 14. Auckland 1842; 15. Barrack Hill; 16. "Noah's Ark" [Wellington]; 17. Lambton Quay Wellington about 1860; 18. Willis Street Wellington about 1864; 19. Queens Wharf Wellington about 1868; 20. Sailing for South Africa - S.S. "Surrey" carrying troops to South Africa, 1899; 21.Bowen huts, Christchurch, Hagley Park, 1851; 22. Christ's College October 1867; 23. Cathedral Square Christchurch looking south, January 17th 1871; 24. Dr Barker's House, Worcester Street Christchurch 1868; 25. Rattray Street Dunedin about 1861; 26. High Street Dunedin about 1861; 27. Princes Street Dunedin about 1861; 28. Surf boat, early New Plymouth; 29. Masterton in the seventies; 30. First contingent for South Africa, October 21st 1899. S S "Waiwera"; 31. A Westland digger; 32. Dorothy Falls [Lake Kaniere Westland]; 33. Waiata; 34. Waikato River; 35. The Tohunga; 36. The Moa Hunters; 37. In the Pah; 38. Queen's Wharf Wellington about 1878; 39. The Canoe; 40. In Geyserland; 41. The Aglionby Arms [Lower Hutt]; 42. Feeding the Tohunga; 43. Tattooing; 44. The Poi Dance; 45. Statue of Godley Cathedral Square Christchurch; 46. Otago mountains - view from Ben Lomond; 47. St Michael's Church [Christchurch] 1871; 48. Flax mats; 49. A Maori maid; 50. By the Fairy Spring [Lake Rotorua]. Ships and shipping: 1.Salvage tugs (at work on the wreck of the Monitor "Glatton" off Dover); 2. Steam tugs; 3. Moldavia (P & O Mail Steamer); 4. Empress of Australia; 5. Motor life boat (Wexford Motor Life Boat, the first self-propelled motor vessel in the lifeboat service to be equipped with wireless apparatus); 6. Isle of Thanet; 7. Lifeboat (fitted with oars and sails); 8. The Franconia; 9. Empress of Scotland; 10. The racing punt, the R.R. "Waterer"; 11. Serengaria; 12. The Albatross; 13. Orama; 14. Aorangi (Royal Mail motor ship); 15. Wahine (built 1913); 16. The Grey Sea (trawler); 17. Towing work (tug towing a ship); 18. Carnarvon Castle (ship); 19. Lulworth (racing yacht, formerly "Terpsichore"); 20. Canoeing; 21. The Favell (Finnish barque); 22. Suzette (6 metre International class yacht); 23. White Heather II (cutter); 24. Surf (small racing vessel); 25. Britannia (built 1893); 26. Richborough train ferry; 27. Aquitania; 28. The Nimrod (used by Sir Ernest Shackleton for the 1907-1909 Antarctic Expedition); 29. Sumurun (yawl-rigged yacht); 30. Motor boat (petrol motor boat); 31. Junk (a Ningpo and Shanghai trader on the Hungpu River, Shanghai); 32. Victoria and Albert (Royal yacht); 33. Westward (schooner rigged); 34. Fire floats (for the river branch of the London Fire Brigade); 35. Niagara; 36. A "Q" boat; 37. Punt (flat-bottomed boat); 38. The canoe; 39. Barbara (a Motor Rotor ship); 40. American schooner; 41. Herring boats; 42. Leviathan; 43. Oil tanker "British Petrol"; 44. A floating dock (built for Southern Railway, anchored at Southampton); 45. Montcalm; 46. The Island (used by Grettir Algarsson for his 1925 Polar Expedition); 47. Four-masted barque, the "Parma"; 48. The Quest (used by Sir Ernest Shackleton on his last expedition); 49. The Victory (launched 1765); 50. Cable ship "Lady Denison-Pender". 'Ships and shipping' was the title of a set of 50 cigarette cards produced in 1924 by W.D. & H.O. Wills (Bristol & London). Other Titles - Cigarette pictures Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled brown cover, entitled "Cigarette pictures" in white lettering; 19 x 27 cm

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[Cigarette cards collected by L B Quartermain. 1920-1930s].

Date: 1920 - 1939

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973; W D & H O Wills Ltd; John Player & Sons (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Cigarette-01

Description: Collection in Players Navy Cut tin. Includes cards by the following publishers: W D and HO Wills: New Zealand footballers ca 1927: 7, 10, 12, 16, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27-30, 33-35, 38-40, 42, 45-47, 50. Units of the British Army and RAF 1920s?: 16, 27 English cricketers: 1 British rugby players 1920s: 4,44 John Player & Sons: Leaders of men: Charles Darwin, Sebastien Cabot Dogs: 9, 11, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25 Lambert & Butler: Popular film stars: 23 Who's who in sport (1926): Hudderfield Town F.C, Jack Hobbs Godfrey Phillips Ltd: Famous minors: Elizabeth of Hungary, Henry Tudor Carreras: Views of the World: 2, 7, 11, 21, 24 Views of London: 6 Major Drapkin & Co Ltd: Around the Mediterranean, no 45 Gallaher Ltd: Cinema stars: 19, 26, 39, 40, 87 Simonets Ltd: Famous actors and actresses: 12, 13 Nicholas Sarony: Cinema studies, 11, 17 Spinet House: Cinema celebrities: Mary Pickford, Marjorie Hume Publisher unknown: Cinema stars: 2, 4, 7, 12, 13, 23, 28, 33, 41, 49 Quantity: 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photographs and photolithographs on cards, each 68 x 37 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :New Zealand footballers; a series of 50 real photographs. W D &...

Date: 1928

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-Cards-Wills-Footballers

Description: Includes cards with portrait photographs and biographical details for the following New Zealand rugby football players: 1. I H Harvey - Wairarapa 2. J.H. Harris - Canterbury 3. N Kivell - Taranaki 4. A E Cooke - Wairarapa 5. A White - Canterbury 6. H W Brown - Taranaki 7. W Elvy - Wellington 8. A Falwasser - Taranaki 9. C Sonntag - Otago 10. W R Irvine - Wairarapa 11. G Alley - Canterbury 12. A Lomas - Thames Auckland 13. J R Clark - Motueka-Golden Bay 14. L M Johnson - Wellington 15. S Mills - Southland 16. A C Robilliard - Canterbury 17. A Finlayson - North Auckland 18. J Blake - Hawkes BaY 19. R Sheen - Auckland 20. D R L Stevenson - Otago 21. L A Knight - Auckland 22. R Bell - Southland 23. J Donald - Wairarapa 24. W Hazlett - Southland 25. J Mill - Hawkes Bay 26. L Righton - Auckland 27. G Washington - Marlborough 28. J Swain - Hawkes Bay 29. W A Reed - Nelson 30. C G Porter - Wellington 31. K S Svenson - Wellington 32. R F Stewart - South Canterbury 33. F Kilby - Wellington 34. N P McGregor - Canterbury 35. M F Nicholls - Wellington 36. M Brownlie - Hawkes Bay 37. F W Lucas - Auckland 38. E A Bellis - Taihape Wanganui 39. L A Thomas - Wellington 40. W Langlands - Poverty Bay 41. G H Nepia - Hawkes Bay 42. D Wright - Auckland 43. J Richardson - Southland 44. C J Brownlie - Hawkes Bay 45. W C Dalley - Canterbury 46. Q Donald - Wairarapa 47. W (Jockey) Ford - Canterbury 48. J Steel - West Coast 49. R G Tunnicliffe - Buller-West Coast 50. A Pringle - Wellington Date based on biographical notes on the backs of the cards. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on cards 67 x 35 mm. Provenance: Acquired prior to 1999.

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :N.Z. butterflies, moths & beetles; a series of 50. W D & H O Wi...

Date: 1926 - 1928

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Butterflies

Description: Includes cards with views of the following: 1. Red admiral butterfly 2. Copper butterfly 3. Giant swift moth (male) 4. Tiger moth (male) 5. Hu-hu beetle 6. Spiny green stick insect 7. Australian admiral 8. Hover fly 9. Mountain ringlet 10. Cicada 11. Large green cockchafer 12. Spotted stag beetle 13. Black spider-hunting wasp 14. Large hairy tachinid 15. Tree weta 16. Cave weta 17. Large ichneumon-fly 18. Green tree locust 19. Common locust 20. Large alder-fly 21. Large yellow may-fly 22. Red spider-hunting wasp 23. Day-flying moth 24. Pale declana moth 25. Boarmia moth 26. Zig-zag moth 27. N.Z. Army worm moth 28. Blue damsel-fly 29. Red damsel-fly 30. Large green stone-fly 31. Large green stone-fky [with wings furled] 32. Manuka beetle 33. Large spotted lace-wing 34. Giant dragonfly 35. Purple copper butterfly 36. Common bronze dragonfly 37. Bush cockroach 38. Brown click beetle 39. Snowgrass ringlet butterfly 40. Green mantis 41. Giraffe beetle 42. Green soldier fly 43. Long-snouted plant bug 44. Painted lady butterfly 45. Orange crane-fly 46. Plyto butterfly 47. Common grass blu butterfly 48. Rare copper butterfly 49. Wingless earwig 50. Maori bug Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on cards 67 x 35 mm. Provenance: Acquired prior to 1999.

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :New Zealand - early scenes & Maori life. [Set of fifty (50) cig...

Date: 1926

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-02

Description: Includes the following titles: 1. Captain Cook; 2. The discovery of New Zealand - Tasman's ships; 3. Settler's arrival, Port Nicholson, 8th March 1840; 4. The Treaty of Waitangi; 5. Wellington 1841; 6. The Courts of Justice, Wellington about 1845 [from Brees]; 7. The Hutt Bridge (opened 1844) and Fort Richmond; 8. Auckland Harbour about 1852 [from Hogan]; 9. Makaenuku Pa, District of the Hutt [from Brees]; 10. Barrett's Hotel Lambton Quay 1841; 11. Church of England Parsonage [from Brees]; 12. Queen Street Wharf Auckland, 1852; 13. Early Auckland; 14. Auckland 1842; 15. Barrack Hill; 16. "Noah's Ark" [Wellington]; 17. Lambton Quay Wellington about 1860; 18. Willis Street Wellington about 1864; 19. Queens Wharf Wellington about 1868; 20. Sailing for South Africa - S.S. "Surrey" carrying troops to South Africa, 1899; 21.Bowen huts, Christchurch, Hagley Park, 1851; 22. Christ's College October 1867; 23. Cathedral Square Christchurch looking south, January 17th 1871; 24. Dr Barker's House, Worcester Street Christchurch 1868; 25. Rattray Street Dunedin about 1861; 26. High Street Dunedin about 1861; 27. Princes Street Dunedin about 1861; 28. Surf boat, early New Plymouth; 29. Masterton in the seventies; 30. First contingent for South Africa, October 21st 1899. S S "Waiwera"; 31. A Westland digger; 32. Dorothy Falls [Lake Kaniere Westland]; 33. Waiata; 34. Waikato River; 35. The Tohunga; 36. The Moa Hunters; 37. In the Pah; 38. Queen's Wharf Wellington about 1878; 39. The Canoe; 40. In Geyserland; 41. The Aglionby Arms [Lower Hutt]; 42. Feeding the Tohunga; 43. Tattooing; 44. The Poi Dance; 45. Statue of Godley Cathedral Square Christchurch; 46. Otago mountains - view from Ben Lomond; 47. St Michael's Church [Christchurch] 1871; 48. Flax mats; 49. A Maori maid; 50. By the Fairy Spring [Lake Rotorua]. Published in 1926 (Information from internet). Date is after 1899 when the first contingent went away to the South African War. Previously thought likely to predate the First World War which is not mentioned. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on cards 67 x 35 mm. Provenance: Acquired prior to 1999. A partial duplicate set of 30 cards also held - donated by Tairawhiti Museum in 2001.

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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :Beautiful New Zealand; a series of 50 real photographs. By cour...

Date: 1926 - 1928

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Beautiful-NZ

Description: Includes cards with views of the following: 1. Mount Egmont 2. Bush homestead, Taranaki 3. Bush road, Westland 4. Cape Kidnappers 5. Wapiti 6. Sword fish 7. Mount Cook from Sealey 8. Hermitage, Mount Cook 9. Kiwi 10. Gannets 11. Brown trout 12. 16-pointer 13. Service car 14. Auckland University 15. Wanganui River 16. Mitre Peak, Milford Sound 17. In Dusky Sound 18. Tree fern 19. Cashel Street, Christchurch 20. Otago Boys' High School 21. New Zealand homestead 22. Wairau Falls, North Auckland 23. Franz Joseph [Josef] Glacier 24. Southern Alps 25. Sutherland Falls 26. Sunset, Punakaiki [with nikau] 27. Pohutu Geyser, Rotorua (2 copies) 28. Wellington waterfront (2 copies) 29. Dunedin Railway Station 30. Port Chalmers 31. Rock formation, Punakaiki 32. The Bride's Jewels, Waitomo Caves 33. Sheep Farm, Hawke's Bay 34. Cooking in steam hole 35. Wellington about the year 1845 36. Parliament Buildings 37. Corriedales, Otago 38. Cherry trees, Otago 39. Maori carver 40. Maori chief (1) 41. Stacking barley, Marlborough 42. Droving cattle, North Auckland 43. Carting wool 44. New arrivals [lambs] 45. Maori chief (2) 46. Ayrshire bull 47. Cattle farmer's home 48. Fruit lands, Otago 49. Wood chopping, Taihape 50. Maoris in pah, Rotorua Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards.. Physical Description: Photographs, on cards 67 x 35 mm. Provenance: Acquired prior to 1999. Two duplicate individual cards purchased in 2008.

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W.D. & H.O. Wills (Firm) :New Zealand race horses. [Set of fifty (50) cigarette cards. ...

Date: 1927 - 1929

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-01

Description: Includes full length portraits of the following horses, with biographical information on the back of each card: Novar, Agrion, Te Kara, Star Stranger, Grand Knight, Solferite, Eulalie, Bennanee, Surveyor, Beacon Light, Commendation, Peter Maxwell, Rapier, Footfall, Benzora, Zircon, Overhaul, Kawini, Piuthair, Comic Song, Maunga, Magna Carta, Cimabue, Civility, Set Sail, Rapine, Enthusiasm, Winning Hit, Reremoana, Alloway, Count Cavour, Te Monanui, Beau Cavalier, Centrepiece, Shirley, Comical, Nukumai, Le Choucas, Peneus, Lysander, Sunart, Limerick, Gascony, Royal Blood, Degage, Sasanof, Income, Desert Gold, Gloaming, King Lu. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) oncigarette cards.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, on cards 67 x 35 mm.