Tourism - French Polynesia - Tahiti (Island)

Date: 1965

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1965-01

Description: A stylised illustration of a Tahitian woman standing in water, with a flower in her hair. The title text has been added at top left. Image is probably based on a photograph by Life photographer Eliot Elisofon in 1954, of a woman fixing her hair in a river in French Polynesia. This image was also used on a poster by Air New Zealand (See Art + Object auction catalogue for 25 October 2012, lot 285, illustrated page 20). As TEAL became Air New Zealand in 1965, it is likely that the poster is dated at around that year Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 970 x 625 mm.

Date: 1972

By: Air New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-External-1972-01

Description: Poster showing three photographs of scenes in Tahiti, the central panel showing a woman dancing in a red grass skirt with a lei around her neck. The scene on the left is of a hut and palm tree against a bush-covered hill, and the scene on the right is of islanders with canoes in a stretch of water with hill background. Date estimated from date of pamphlet showing photographs of similar figures and activities. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 900 x 595 mm.

Date: 1950 - 1959

From: Tasman Empire Airways Limited: [Ephemera, pamphlets, menus, advertising, published in the 1950s]

By: W Haythorn-Thwaite Advertising Ltd; Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Lipanovic, Linwood Anthony, 1915-2003

Reference: Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-07

Description: Pamphlet promoting TEAL flights to Tahiti front panel shows a stylised scene with a pink and white striped canopy circular table where a smiling moustached sailor (possibly French) holds a wine glass and bottle. At the left a woman in a bikini lies sunbathing. There is a French poodle at lower left. This side also shows a colour photograph of a couple in a plane. The verso shows sepia photographs of island scenes, and a Tahitian couple in costume, waving. The design is possibly by Linwood Lipanovic. One side displayed in "Island style: Dancing the Pacific". Turnbull Gallery,18 March - 11 May 2013 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of pamphlet, 222 x 408 mm, folded to 222 x 102 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2008.

Date: 1928

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

By: Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MARCH-APRIL-2021/13

Description: Fold-out brochure published by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd in 1928, titled "Island Tours". Comprises seven pages, including information about cruises from Auckland to Fiji, Samoa, Rarotonga, and Tahiti. Also includes photographs of steam ships, island scenes, and people. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing one piece of ephemera.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: W Haythorn-Thwaite Advertising Ltd; Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Lipanovic, Linwood Anthony, 1915-2003

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-14

Description: Poster promoting TEAL flights to Tahiti shows a stylised scene with a pink and white striped canopy circular table where a smiling moustached sailor (possibly French) holds a wine glass and bottle. At the left a woman in a bikini lies sunbathing. There is a French poodle at lower left. The sun shines from top right, wearing sunglasses The design is possibly by Linwood Lipanovic. Other Titles - Haythorm-thwaite Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Designed by W Haythorm-thwaite Ltd [sic, erroneous spelling by restorer] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 973 x 645 mm.

Date: 1951 - 1960

By: Tasman Empire Airways Ltd; Chaddock, Robert, active 1950s

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-17

Description: Shows two figures. At lower right the back of a man in Tahitian costume seated on the ground. He looks towards the other figure, a woman in traditional costume, dancing with a hibiscus flower in her left hand. The TEAL logo is at top right. This poster may have been printed at the studio of Matt Chote; it is seen hanging on the wall of his studio in a photo in "Te Ao Hou", June 1959, page 29. This image has been used on a brochure housed at Eph-A-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s; the brochure (assumed to date from around the same time as this poster) advertises Solent flights to Tahiti. The Solent service ceased in 1960. Displayed in Island style: Dancing the Pacific. Turnbull Gallery, 18 March - 11 May 2013 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 985 x 640 mm.

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: Thompson, Arthur Alfred, 1915-1997

Reference: Eph-E-AVIATION-TEAL-1950s-06

Description: Poster advertising Tasman Empire Airways Limited flights to Tahiti, shows the head of a young Tahitian woman peering from behind a slatted blind or screen. Her lips are red and she wears a stylised white flower in her hair. The background is gradations of dark blue and green. Signed at lower left. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Arthur Thompson Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, 971 x 644 mm.

Date: 1928

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-External-1928-02

Description: Booklet of text, map and photographs showing the attractions of Tahiti and Moorea. Accompanied by a loose sheet listing excursion fares for the 1928-1929 season, on the company's ships: Maunganui, Makura and Tahiti. Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Booklet of 8 pages, 225 x 185 mm., plus loose fares list 150 x 168 mm.