Confectioners - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Griffins Foods Ltd : Records
Date: 1890-1989
By: Griffin's (Firm)
Reference: MS-Group-1758
Description: The records of a fragmentary nature, comprising minutes of directors of the firm, papers and correspondence on takeovers of other companies, records relating to shareholders, financial papers and some minutes of factory meetings Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 24 folder(s). 7 volume(s). 2 Linear Metres. Provenance: Griffins Foods Ltd closed its Lower Hutt factory in early 2009. Warwick Johnston, a local historian, was able to save some records which had been listed for destruction Donor/Lender/Vendor - Mr Warwick Johnston, 2009 Transfers: Photographs transferred to Photographic Archive; plans of the factory machinery and biscuit design transferred to Drawings and Prints - To Photographic Archive - 1 album photos and others.
Harvey Bros (Firm) :Miss Ellen Terry as "Portia". Harvey Bros., bakers & confectioners,...
Date: 1894 - 1895
Reference: Eph-D-CALENDAR-1895-01
Description: Shows a three-quarter length portrait of the irish actress Ellen Terry in red robes and hat. At lower left is a quotation: "Shylock, there's thrice thy money offer'd thee, Take thrice thy money, bid me tear the bond". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendar.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on single sheet 585 x 340 mm, with wooden strips at top and bottom.
Scene on Bowen Street, Wellington
Date: 1927
From: Wellington City Council :Negatives of Wellington taken for the Wellington City Council, chiefly by Frank Giles Barker
Reference: 1/1-024179-G
Description: Scene on Bowen Street, Wellington, photographed in 1927. Lambton Quay is on the left. Looks from a roadside garden, over the road, towards the following businesses: J O Smith's mens wear shop; R H Peak's "The Bon Bon", a confectionery shop selling Neilson's chocolates; and Madam Norton's dressmaking and costume business. An unidentified group stand in the doorway of "The Bon Bon". Photographer unidentified but likely to have been Frank Giles Barker. Dated from 1/1-024747 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative