Tourism - Italy

Date: 1943 - 1944

By: Skevington, Eric Bennett, 1914-1985

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Propaganda-Italy-1944-01

Description: Pamphlet shows on one side a colourful scene of a beach, orange tree, palms and cypresses, with an outline drawing of a woman in a bikini, and the words "Italy wants to see you". The other side is in black and white and shows a skeleton in an attacking posture over a field of cemetery crosses topped with war helmets. At the lower edge are the words "But did you expect to find it like this?" New Zealand troops first fought in Italy in late 1943 and early 1944. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on two sides of pamphlet, 206 x 284 mm.

Date: 1945

By: Fehling, Heinz, 1912-1989; Whyle, Ivan, active 1940-1990

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Propaganda-Italy-1945-01

Description: Pamphlet shows on one side a colourful scene of the Italian countryside on either side of the Po River, with the towns of Cremona, Brescia, Mantova, Verona, Padova, Rovigo, Modena and Ferrara, and in the right foreground a smiling young woman holding a large basket of grapes and oranges. The other side shows a black and white illustration of a laughing skeleton wading in the Po River with a wrecked bridge in the background, and soldiers on boats being attacked and killed by enemy shell fire. Artist identified as Heinz Fehling, by public feedback, in 2017. Inscriptions: Recto - F [Artist's initial] Historical notes are based on a letter from the donor, Ivan Whyle; a copy of the letter is housed with smaller propaganda posters at Eph-A-WAR-WII-Propaganda-Italy. Both the Senio and the Po Rivers were crossed in April 1945. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on two sides of pamphlet, 203 x 295 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Ivan Whyle, of Auckland, in 1990. Mr Whyle was a member of the 12th Platoon, B Company, 24th New Zealand Infantry Battalion.

Date: 1942-1945

By: Sabiston, Leslie Arthur, 1914-2008

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Sabiston

Description: Includes: Rome the eternal; a brief description of the ancient city's main features and some practical information regarding the modern town. Special edition for Allied Armed Forces. 1944. 82 pages Soldier's guide to Rome. Allied Control Commission, Italy. Designed and produced by the Psychological Warfare Branch, AFHQ. 43 pages Services guide to Cairo, published by the Co-Ordinating Council for Welfare Work in Egypt (Lists clubs, information bureaux, tours, churches, museums, hotels and hostels, taxi fares, etc). 55 pages Kiwis Hymn (sung to the tune of Lili Marlene) [words addressed to Prime Minister Peter Fraser]. Flyer ENSA Entertainments under the direction of national Service Entertainment present "The merry widow", with Cyril Ritchard and Madge Elliott. With Mark Daly and full London Company. Play produced by Cyril Ritchard; musical director Sidney Bliss; stage director Charles Gilbert; costumes designed by William Chappel; choreography by Robert Helpman. For the forces only. [Bari, 4/4/44]. Programme D Sqn, div. Cav. Batt. Race meeting. San Severino Marche, D Sqn Football Ground near bailey bridge. 12 November 1944. [Facetious race meeting programme] Quantity: 3 album(s) Album(s). 2 programmes. 1 flyer. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying.

Date: [ca 1939-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1935

Description: Photograph album containing commercial tourist print sets of Italian cities, circa 1939-1945, collected and compiled by Thomas Martin during his service in World War II. Images from Venice include buildings and sites such as Santa Maria della Salute, various views of St Mark’s Basilica and St Mark’s Square, Doge’s Palace, The Bridge of Sighs, scenes along the Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge, The Ponte dell'Accademi, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, and Ca’ D’Oro. Images from Milan include the Duomo di Malano cathedral (including door detail), Milano Centrale railway station (exterior and interior stairway), Arena Civica, Porta Sempione city gate, interior of Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II, Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio (including cloister), interior of La Scala, painting Leonardo Da Vinci’s 'The Last Supper', Raphael Urbinas 'Le Mariage de la Vierge', Pora Tincinese and city beyond, Sforza Castle, a fountain with a [Franciscan?] monk statue, and the monument to King Victor Emmanuel II in Piazza del Duomo with the façade of Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II in the background. Florence images show the Duomo (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore), Florence Baptistery (including ‘Gates of Paradise’), Arno river (with gondola), Ponto Vecchio, city view from [Monte alle Croci?], courtyards, statues, fountains street scenes, Palazzo Vecchio, Basilica of Stana Croce, Giotto’s Capanile, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Palazzo Pitti, Fountain of Neptune, and Loggia dei Lanzi. Image of Rome show the Colosseum, Altare della Patria (National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II), Corso Vittorio Emanuele I, Castel Sant'Angelo, Tiber River and bridges, St Peter’s Basilica, view from Janiculum Hill, Roman Forum, Piazza di Popolo, Fountain of the Naiads, Trajan’s Column, Capitoline Hill, and Foro Mussolini [Foro Italico]. Lake Como images feature communes Ballagio (including street scenes, shore front), Cadenabbia, Argegno, Menaggio, Tremezzo (also Villa Carlotta), Brunate, Ossuccio, Varene, Torno, Isola Comacina, Como Cathedral, Nesso, Villa D’Este, and Cernobbio, San Martino church, and Punta Barbianello at Leno. Also includes copy of image of the 4th General Hospital and Associated Field Ambulances Reunion in Palmerston North, New Zealand, circa 1970s. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "Item G. Places he visited in Italy + Photo last page 4th General hospital reunion 1970" [sic] Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 101 silver gelatin photoprints. Physical Description: Brown leather embossed album bound with string, 16 x 22 cm

Date: [ca 1930s-1945]

From: Martin, Robert Thomas, 1921-2006: Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-1193

Description: Photograph album containing commercial tourist photographic and photomechanical images of Italian cities and sights, circa 1930s to 1945. Collected by Robert Thomas Martin at locations he was stationed during his service during World War II. Images show scenes and sights from Trieste, Grado, S. Amrino, Padova, Venezia Lido, and Fabriano. Some images have a blue tint. Arrangement: Donor identified item as "Items F Purchase pictures of places he was stationed [sic]". Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 19 silver gelatin photoprints and 33 photomechanical prints. Physical Description: Loose album pages, 36 x 23 cm

Date: 1945

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Italy-1945-01

Description: Inside spread shows a map of Florence with locations of cultural importance labelled Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on pamphlet folded to 243 x 175 mm. Provenance: Donated from the collection of Jim Holdom, Hamilton, in 2014.

Date: 1945

By: YMCA New Zealand

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Italy-1945-02

Description: Booklet of information prepared by the NZ YMCA sponsored by th National patriotic Fund Board of New Zealand. about a leave centre at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, at which soldiers could take rest and leave, because the War had now ceased. Soldiers were encouraged to bring sports equipment, blanket, great-coat, change of underclothes, socks, personal gear, sweater, sunglasses, andshoes or sandals, gas-cape, face-cream, and mess gear. Their route to the centre is described - through Vicenza and Verona, past Lake garda, to Madonna di Campiglio. The eight-day schedule is given, as is a guide to the hotel rooms, the service and tariffs. Alpine sports activities included climbing, tramping, skiing, and there was a local souvenir shop and barber shop. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 198 x 130 mm.

Date: 1942 - 1945

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WII-Italy-1944-01

Description: Guidebook, phrase book for soldiers on leave in Venice during the Second World War. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 32 pages, each 155 x 108 mm. Provenance: Donated by Amy Watling, Wellington, in 2007.

Date: [ca 8 Oct 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-07662-F

Description: New Zealand soldiers during World War II, on leave, outside the doors of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy, circa 8 October 1944, photographed by George Kaye. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Name of Cathedral from Britannica Online. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2006

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0030637

Description: A tour guide shows two tourists the highlight of their tour of Bracciano, "the very spot where Tom and Katie posed for their wedding photos", as he points to an olive box on the ground. Refers to the marriage of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in the Italian town of Bracciano on 18 November 2006. The cartoonist links interest with the celebrity couple's marriage with a joke about the actor's height. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: [ca 8 Oct 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-07663-F

Description: New Zealand soldiers during World War II, on leave, outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy, circa 8 October 1944, photographed by George Kaye. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Name of Cathedral from Britannica Online. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative