Sand

Date: 1955

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-010

Description: Shows two returned servicemen sitting on a beach in New Zealand. As one of the men angrily removes sand from his shoe, they think back to their time serving in the Egyptian desert during World War Two. In Egypt, the same man removed sand from his army boot and vowed never to go to the beach again Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Tom Mayne [in ink]; Recto - above image - "Star-Sun" Jan 15. 1955 [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - From Tom Mayne, 901 Ferry Rd, 13th Jan '55 [in blue coloured pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash and blue coloured pencil, on card 235 x 286 mm

Date: 1943

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Christmas-WWII-Graham-1943-02

Description: Christmas card, produced for staff of the third New Zealand General Hospital to send, shows a tiki on a red cross on the cover. Inside is an illustration of the single-storey hospital building with two Red Cross sympbols on the front, and an ambulance at the far right. There is a palm tree at the left. The card contains a handwritten message from "Isabel", reading as follows: "This is the only building we had in our last location. It contained theatre, ration store and ordnance dept., linen store & dispensary offices and Q.M. The rest was under canvas. Quite pleasant but too much sand!" Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on folded card, 89 x 138 mm.

Date: 1940

Reference: PAColl-9262

Description: Royal Air Force Vickers Valencia transport aircraft landing alongside a Long Range Desert Group truck in the Great Sand Sea, Libya. Photograph taken 1940 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - No 41; Verso - bottom centre - Truck LRDG. Vickers Valencia built 1919. Photo taken Great sand sea Libya 1940 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.5 x 9 cm

Date: 1943

By: New Zealand. Army. 2nd NZEF

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Pacific-1943-01

Description: Felt pennant shows a soldier in a lemon squeezer hat sitting on a sandy beach with a palm treem writing the word HOME in the sand. Other Titles - New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force in the Pacific Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on triangular green felt pennant, 235 x 133 mm. Provenance: From the papers of Isabel McIlwraith, donated 2010. Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts MS-Papers-10139. Transfers made from there. - From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-10139.

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-388-040

Description: Shows a couple sitting on a beach during a strong nor'wester wind. Sand is blowing everywhere, and the couple are scowling Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 280 x 255 mm

Date: 1956

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-087

Description: Shows a man and his wife on a crowded beach. The man is shaking sand from his towel. The sand is landing on his wife, who is scowling The words '3 Jan '56, Sand, No. 194?' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1986

From: [Posters and ephemera relating to HIV and AIDS in New Zealand. 1980-1989]

By: New Zealand AIDS Foundation

Reference: Eph-D-AIDS-1986-01

Description: Poster shows a photograph of a naked man lying on his back in the sand, partly covered. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 595 x 420 mm. Provenance: Donated by LAGANZ in 2009.

Date: 2009

From: Mulheron, Michael, 1958-: Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post

Reference: DCDL-0012741

Description: The cartoon shows Prime Minister John Key about to follow the example of his deputy and Finance Minister Bill English by putting his head in the sand. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2003

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0001445

Description: "The Politician" cartoon strip. The Minister was almost buried in the sand by a Maori driving a front end loader. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2004

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

Reference: DCDL-0004176

Description: The scene shows a group of Indonesians coming through customs in Singapore. The customs official winks and wonders if they are the 'Beachboys' because they are all wearing very wide trousers that are clearly stuffed with sand. Refers to sand smuggling, usually by ship, into Singapore. Published in Shipping Gazette Arrangement: This cartoon file was originally delivered to the library within a sub-folder called 'SG' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2003

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0001159

Description: 'The politician' cartoon strip. Dougal, the embedded journalist, is back from the Gulf and is leaving little piles of sand all over the floor. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1943

From: Sole, Jessie Blanche, 1918-2010: Photographs and pennant relating to World War Two

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-WII-Pacific-1943-06

Description: Black felt pennant with a coloured relief print showing a soldier sitting on the sand on the Pacific island with two palm trees in the background. With a stick he is writing the word "HOME" in the sand. Beside him is a rifle, a pack and a walkie-talkie radio. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on triangular pennant, 310 x 140 mm.