David Hugh Blackie was listed as a Dunedin soft goods manufacturer in 1931, and D H Blackie as a firm was listed from 1935 onwards. By the 1940s, the firm is listed as the manufacturer of "Manhattan" clothing. It was still listed as such in 1965.
D H Blackie Ltd
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Audio
Interview with Ethel Menzies
Date: 11 Mar 1999 - 18 Mar 1999 - 25 Mar 1999
From: NZ CCS Otago Inc oral history project
By: Menzies, Ethel May, 1915-2005
Reference: OHInt-0468/09
Description: Ethel Menzies was born in Dunedin in 1915. Describes how her father was killed when she was six and she and her brothers lived in a children's home for two years when their mother was unwell. Recalls helping with chores. Comments briefly on school and becoming a machinist apprentice at a knit wear factory, D H Blackie. Discusses her work, the impact of the Depression and giving most of her earnings to her mother. Describes meeting Ian Menzies, who fought in World War II, and their marriage in 1945. Discusses dissatisfaction with the care at the public maternity hospital when her son was born in 1947 and a decision to have her next child at another maternity hospital. Describes damage to her daughter Karen at birth causing cerebral palsy. Comments that she believes medical staff were responsible and she was not told of the disability for some time. Describes Karen Menzie's disabilities when she was young, an unsuccessful operation to help her to walk and physiotherapy. Recalls beginning contact with CCS when Karen attended the CCS kindergarten. Mentions that she cared for her mother in addition to her family. Comments on the involvement of both husband Ian and son Bryan in CCS. Recalls work done by the family on the Gertrude Powley Holiday House in Roxburgh. Describes Karen's attendance at the Cerebral Palsy School in Waverley and then the CCS adult care centre. Discusses her feelings of responsibility for Karen. Comments on their relationship and how caring for her has affected her life. Mentions hysterectomy. Discusses some CCS services and staff. Discusses transport and an incident with a bus driver. Mentions that Karen is now living in the CCS Residential Care Unit (hostel). Interviewer(s) - Helen Frizzell Accompanying material - Copies of photos of Ian and Ethel Menzies; photos of the Menzies family; photos of Karen Menzies in various CCS group photos; newspaper articles featuring Karen Menzies at the Mosgiel Abilities Resource Centre and obituary of Ian Menzies Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2575.
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D H Blackie Ltd.: Manhattan frocks [Show card. ca 1945]
Date: 1939 - 1945
By: D H Blackie Ltd
Reference: Eph-C-COSTUME-1945-01
Description: Display card with cardboard stand on verso shows a woman in a tailored knee-length dress and white gloves, holding a Dalmatian dog on a lead, and posing in front of central Manhattan skyscrapers, including the Empire State Building. Words printed on the verso: "This card is loaned for display purposes by courtesy of the makers of Manhattan coats and frocks, D H Blackie Ltd., Dunedin". Date estimated from the style of the dress shown. "Manhattan" frocks were being advertised in New Zealand newspaper from as early as 1939 see "Press" (Christchurch), 31 January 1939, page 4. However the company was listed in trade directories until at least 1965. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on heavy card, 517 x 384 mm.