Harmonica

Date: 1939

From: Weir, B/Kapiti Coast District Libraries: Buckley Collection

Reference: 1/2-057875-F

Description: Group portrait of unidentified boys and young men in a harmonica band at Paekakariki, in 1939. They all hold their `Boomerang' mouth organs. Their teacher stands at the back (wearing a bow-tie). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1946-1/4-G

Description: Group of five men in fancy dress playing musical instruments. At the back, the man on the left is playing a mouth organ, and the one on the right is playing a pipe. Front row left the musician is using pot lids for percussion, in the middle is a man playing an accordion, and on the right is a man banging a metal meat dish with a stick. Photograph taken by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1920 - 1929

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to musical instruments]

By: J Albert & Son Pty Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MUSICAL-INSTRUMENTS-1920s-01

Description: Booklet promoting the mouth organ as an instrument and illustrating various models of Boomerang mouth organs. The back cover shows a group photograph of the Aramoho School "Boomerang" Band. J Albert & Son had a branch at 2-4 Willis Street, Wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages each 157 x 80 mm.

Date: 1928 - 1929

From: Farmers Trading Co. Ltd :Catalogue 10. [1929?].

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-FTC-1929-495

Description: Lists and illustrates various models of jazz outfits comprising such instruments as triangle, cymbal, gong drum, side drum, drum sticks, rattle, Chinese drum, siren, beater, effect rack, cock crow, "One Man Jazz", castanet clapper, bird imitation, wood kazoo, water nightingale, baby cry, cow bell, snare drums, crank rattles, . Also shows mandolin outfits, mandolin cases, mainsprings for gramophones, mouth organs, metronomes, musical saws, piano insulators, and pitch pipes. Extended Title - From Farmers' Trading Co. catalogue 10, page 495. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) in sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Letterpress, ca 300 x 200 mm.

Date: 1938

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-12548-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Information sourced from annotated file prints at PAColl-10010-034. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1988

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1988-04

Description: Shows caricature portraits of the three performers: Johnny Walker on keyboard (?), Brendan Power on harmonica, Sonny Day on guitar. The performance toured: Wednesday 6 January - Tutukaka Hotel; Thursday 7 January - Tutukaka Hotel; Friday 8 January - Whangamata Hotel; Saturday 9 January - Bell Block Hotel; Monday 11 January - Exchequers Cabaret. Artist may be Tom Scott - see poster for Great Speight's Debate, 1986? (Eph-D-DEBATE-1986-01) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 595 x 425 mm.

Date: 1988

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1988-05

Description: Shows caricature portraits of the three performers: Johnny Walker on keyboard (?), Brendan Power on harmonica, Sonny Day on guitar. The performance toured: Tuesday 12 January Cabana Lounge [Napier]; Wed 13 January Whakatane Motor Lodge; Thurs 14 January Baycourt [Tauranga]; Fri 15-16 January Gluepot [Auckland]. Artist may be Tom Scott - see poster for Great Speight's Debate, 1986? (Eph-D-DEBATE-1986-01) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 595 x 425 mm.

Date: [ca 1938]

From: Cabot, Charles Henry 1890-1978 :Photographs of theatrical personalities and events

Reference: PAColl-0837-2-11

Description: Portrait of a harmonica player holding a long harmonica. The musician is dressed in a dinner suit with a white tie and he has a flower in his lapel. Photographed circa late 1930s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 24.9 x 20 cm