Coffee

Date: 1941

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]

By: Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1941-01

Description: Cover shows text and a cup of coffee. Inside gives the menu, amd a history of coffee. The concluding text also advertises French Maid peanut butter on sale in all shops in Auckland and Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Menu, 202 x 289 mm, folded to 202 x 107 mm.

Date: Early 1900s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

Reference: PA1-f-126

Description: Album of newspaper & magazine cuttings, maps, and black & white photographs, with the title "Outer New Zealand". Includes information on various islands, including Auckland Islands, Kermadecs, Cook Islands, Niue, Rarotonga, Western Samoa, Makogai Island Leper Station, and areas of the Antarctic. On page 6, there are 2 photographs of Cook Islanders wearing traditional clothing, one group from Mangaia, and one group from Aitutaki. There are sections giving detailed information and illustrations showing various agricultural activities, including the growing of bananas, copra, breadfruit, rubber, taro, kava plants, cacao, coffee and cotton; and on page 21 are 3 images showing the construction of a fale (Samoan dwelling). One section (pages 24-25) has information and images of Robert Louis Stevenson, his wife, his house "Vailima" and his tomb. There are several pages of coloured illustrations of different breeds of Samoan fish (p 46-50). Page 27 shows a group of Faipule (members of the Samoan Native Council) who visited Wellington in May 1925.

Date: 2002

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning coffee, its preparation, sale and culture]

By: Havana Coffee Works (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-BEVERAGE-Coffee-2002-01

Description: Sticker and printed logo show an icon for the Havana Coffee Works, with factory chimney silhouette. One red rubber stamp shows a streaming cup of coffee and another shows an "X" brand. A circular stamp states "Hot air roasted", and there is a green date stamp for 4 Spetember 2002. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on paper bag. Physical Description: Offset lithograph and colour relief print and collage on brown paper bag, compressed size 340 x 160 mm. Provenance: Donated by Toby Patrick in 2002.

Date: 1917

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-016

Description: Sketch shows a head and shoulders profile portrait of a man in a fez, drinking from a small cup, at a cafe table. His little finger is genteelly raised. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on page 255 x 170 mm.

Date: 1958

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1958-01

Description: Menu listing the main course every day for four weeks, from 1 November to 29 November 1958. The back page announces that paintings by John Stackhouse were on display at the time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 210 x 130 mm.

Date: 1993

By: Dowse Art Museum; Lord, Justine Helen, 1952?-2015

Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1993-04

Description: Shows a reproduction of Don Driver's work "Finest" (1991), featuring coffee sacks. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 310 x 625 mm.

Date: 1952-1970

By: Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970

Reference: MS-Papers-1977

Description: The papers reflect Dick Singleton's ownership of the French Maid Coffee House, Lambton Quay, used by Wellington's artistic and musical community and comprise photographs of Singleton and the coffee bar, clippings about him and his interest in coffee, `He taught us how coffee should taste' by Fred Jones (Dominion, 2 Oct 1967), `Coffee rules his life' (Hutt news, 29 Sep 1970), `A New haunt for Wellington artists' (NZ woman's weekly, 8 Sep 1958), `Little cafe on the Quay will be missed' (1952), `Export first from Petone', and `Petone firm wins UK food order'. Two mounted photographs labelled `French Maid coffee requested by the Ross Sea Antarctic Expedition being packed in the factory of A D Singleton Ltd, Petone', menu for `French Maid dinner' at Kirkcaldie and Stains (1961), French Maid Coffee House menu, and `Art New Zealand' (Sep 1942) with article about the French Maid Coffee House exhibitions The photographs have negative references Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter and photographs

Date: 2011 - 2014

By: Label and Litho Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-PACKAGING-2014-01

Description: Includes labels for the following, housed inside a coloured folder: Beers and ales: Angry Peaches. Aro St Garage Project Baltic Porter. Blended Baltic porter, bourbon barrel aged. Aro St Garage Project Behemoth Brewing Company. Chur! NZ pale ale Black IPA Cockswain's Courage double-barrelled edition "Tastes like war" Porter 2013 vintage Death From Above. Aro St Wellington Garage Project Epic TechHead India pale ale Liberty Brewing Co. Halo Pilsner Liberty Brewing Co. Oh Brother pale ale Mecha-Hop. Aro St Garage project Moa St Josephs Belgian Tripel Panhead custom ales. Boss Hog American IPA (2 copies) Panhead Custom Ales. The Vandal NZ IPA Panhead custom ales. Vindicator strong ale Stoke Gold, by McCashin Family, Nelson, New Zealand Tuatara Mojo Espresso bottle-conditioned stout The Ungrateful Dead Wines: Anchorage Family Estate. Nelson, New Zealand wine Attack of the Sauvignon Country Mile Chardonnay 2014 Fog City cloudy cider Harakeke Farm 2013 Rose, Nelson New Zealand Linden Estate Chardonnay 2010, Esk Valley Hawke's Bay Miss Merlot Saint Clair Family Estate 2014 Sauvignon Blanc. Marlborough premium Sauvignon Blanc (shows a skull amongst flowers and butterflies) Shangri-La pinot noir 2011. Blackenbrook art series, Sunny Nelson, New Zealand (shows "Pathways to Heaven" by Marilyn Andrews) Unison Gimblett Gravels rocky rose Hawkes Bay 2012 New Zealand wine Other: Danny's basil, oregano & Italian bread. 4 Breads Havana Coffee Works Hot Air Roasted Lick Pier ginger beer Trouble Brewing Co. Cocoa Chilli Chiapas cold brew coffee (2 different) Quantity: 34 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital and flexo-print, on labels, sizes varying up to 250 mm. Provenance: Donated by the printer, Label & Litho Limited, in 2014.

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: [Ephemera of quarto size concerning coffee, its preparation, sale and culture]

By: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-BEVERAGE-Coffee-1880s-01

Description: Flier, printed in black on yellow paper, shows two ornately bordered panels, possibly designed as packaging labels, for pure dandelion coffee "grown and manufactured solely" by William Caines, and sold in one pound and half-pound tins. Small print describes the beneficial effect of this drink on the liver, gall, spleen, and urinary organs; and its relief of suffering for those with Progressing Consumption. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and block print on yellow paper, 128 x 310 mm.

Date: 09 Nov 2009

From: New New Zealanders oral history project

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003; Tesfa, Mulu, 1965-

Reference: OHInt-1039-04

Description: Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Quantity: 1 digital sound recording(s) digital sound recording(s). 1 printed abstract(s) OHA-7656. 1 interview(s). 3 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete.

Date: 1990-1999

By: Cross, Donna, active 1988; Caffe L'Affare Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-BEVERAGE-Coffee-1990s-01

Description: Instruction booklet Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 15 pages, 212 x 149 mm.

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.); Harry H Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-04

Description: Menu listing the main course every day for three weeks, from Wednesday 10 September to Tuesday 30 September. The back page announces that paintings by Paul Olds were on display at the time. Chef was R White at the time. Perpetual calendar suggests days of the week are for 1959, but may be 1958, because of numbering of menus. Two copies held Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 158 x 190 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2009.

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-

Reference: H-747-001/075

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues in New Zealand and overseas. Published in 1999 book 'Bromhead's view: ice-cream! popcorn! xenical!' by Peter Bromhead of New Zealand cartoons and caricatures. Includes cover drawing and pages 8-83. Quantity: 75 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white laser prints of pen drawings, A4 size.

Date: 2001-2012

By: Buist, Grant, 1973-; Capital times (Newspaper)

Reference: DC-Group-0041

Description: Cartoons by Grant Buist who writes Jitterati (a satire on latte sipping cafe values; as well as contemporary political and social developments) for the weekly Wellington City newspaper The Capital Times. Includes several main characters including Jaimee Buchanan (a redhaired librarian), Debbie (a blonde PA) and Tony (a Maori actor). Occasionally the cartoon strip is visited by other Buist cartoon characters including Fitz (a pink psycho-bunny) and Brunswick (a yellow rodent). Part of the NZ Cartoon Archive Grant Buist (born 1973 in Wellington), is a New Zealand cartoonist and animator who produced the cult comic strip Brunswick from 1993 to 2003, and Jitterati from 2001. Jitterati was first published in Wellington's City Voice newspaper, which folded suddenly in 2001. From there, Jitterati was picked up by the Capital Times, until the Capital Times closed down in April 2013, after 540 episodes of the cartoon strip. In June 2013, the Wellington magazine, FishHead began publishing Jitterati comics. Quantity: 491 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1951

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of quarto size]

By: Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970

Reference: Eph-B-DINING-1951-01

Description: Menu for 5th December 1951, announcing the closure of the coffee house on 7th December after 11 years of business, and thanking clients and associates. The front cover features a grid of illustrations by J.G., showing a man fishing, the preparation of a hot drink, the preparation of a pancake, and an artist working towards an exhibition. The menu lists a sherry appetiser, French onion soup, beef olives, various salads, desserts of hotcakes with ice-cream & butterscotch sauce, strawberries in champagne, nuts and cheese, Christmas cake and port wine. A message from A D Singleton and Richard Hislop wishes clients much Christmas happiness and prosperity in 1952. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Print on folded card with inner page, 260 x 168 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr A D Singleton in 1975.

Date: 1998

By: Taylor, Jesse, 1946?-

Reference: Eph-B-NATIONAL-LIBRARY-1998-01

Description: Shows white coffee cup full of steamimg coffee, floating over its shadow on an orange background. The wording appears beneath the cup. The proprietor of the cafe is a Black American. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Laser photocopy mounted on foam board, 206 x 294 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jesse Taylor, proprietor of the Short Black Cafe.

Date: 1944 - 1949

From: [Menus and restaurant ephemera of octavo size. 1940s]

By: Singleton, Arthur Dick, active 1939-1970

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1947-01

Description: Menu for the French Maid Coffee house in Wellington, with a cover design in pink by Gordon Walters. The menu items are listed inside under headings: "Now let's see"; "Something unusual"; "And of course, crisp salads"; "Then too ...". There is room inside for "Today's specials" to be pasted. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of menu.. Physical Description: Offset and screenprint on folded card, 187 x 128 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr A D Singleton in 1975.

Date: 2001 - 2010

Reference: Eph-A-BEVERAGE-Coffee-Cards-2000s

Description: Includes cards which can be stamped or punched for each purchase of coffee, entitling the holder to a free coffee after 4 or 9 purchased coffees. Firm represented include: Burton Hollis Coffee Burton's pure espresso Cafe Home (Blenheim, 2000s) The Coffee Club (Queensgate Mall Lower Hutt, 2007) Crumbs the Bakers Ltd Coffee Club Eva Dixon's Place (Miramar, ca 2008) Lemon Squeeze Cafe (145 Jackson Street Petone, 2001) Littera (National Library Cafe ca 2009) Malo (16 Riddiford Street Newtown Wellington, 2003) Nova Cafe and Juice Bar McDonalds McCafe coffee card Ritazza; a world of coffee to discover (Eurest, Auckland, 2004) Short Black Cafe (National Library Building, Wellington, ca 2003)(2 copies) Trax Bar & Cafe (Wellington Railway Station, 1 July 2003) Word of Mouth Catering (Molesworth Street Wellington, 2001) Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on cards, sizes around 55 x 92 mm. Provenance: Some cards donated by Fiona Gray, Wellington, in 2012.

Date: 1958 - 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-02

Description: Blank invoice sheet for a coffee house or cafeteria in Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, 188 x 125 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2009.

Date: 1959

From: [Menus and ephemera of octavo size relating to restaurants. 1950s]

By: Harry H Tombs Ltd; Montmartre Coffee House (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1959-03

Description: Menu listing the main course every day for four weeks, from 1 January to 31 January 1959. The back page announces that paintings by Pierre Braconnier were on display at the time. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on white, on folded card 210 x 130 mm.