Roseland Cabaret (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: [Between 1933 and 1945]

From: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971: Photographs relating to the Lauri Paddi Band

Reference: PA1-q-182

Description: Photographs relating to the dance band scene in New Zealand in the 1930s and 1940s, largely associated with Lauri Paddi (aka Laurence George Malvern Paddy] and various bands. Many of the images are signed by musicians in the bands, not all the signatures being legible. Names have been listed where possible. Musicians with signatures Ian H Pitcaithly, W O Pritchard, and Jeffrey Madden, are probably the same as musicians listed on a poster for the Auckland Peter Pan Orchestra (Nin Pitcaithly, Billy Pritchardt, and Johnny Madden). One series of photographs shows musicians performing with Lauri Paddi going on tour in the South Island, including two views taken from a car, following a train on the road/rail Rakaia Bridge. The stage show 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was performed at the Paramount Theatre, Wellington, in 1944. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light brown mottled pattern, entitled `Photographs'; 25.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: 1952 - 1959

By: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef, 1914-1989

Reference: PAColl-1606

Description: Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b/w proof sheet containing 35 images. 2 folders containing 40 b/w proof sheet images. 1 b/w proof sheet strip containing 4 images. 1 b/w proof sheet image. Provenance: Bevan Greenslade was executor of Frank Folprecht's will.

Date: 1930 - 1959

From: [Ephemera, ball programmes, tickets, and invitations for balls, and social dances in New Zealand]

By: Longwill, Kiwi Flora, 1909-2007; Megget, Ronald Calverley, 1913-1996; Taylor, Jill, active 1984-2002; Harry H Tombs Ltd; Nolan, Iris Evelyn, 1916-2011

Reference: Eph-A-BALL-1930/1959

Description: Includes ball programmes, invitations or tickets for the following events: 1933: Combined Tramping Clubs first ball. St Francis Hall, Hill Street Wellington. 4 July 1933. 1934: Wellington East Girls' College Old Girls' Association. Dance 26 July 1934. Invitation to Miss J Weeber 1936: Masterton A & P Association. 2nd annual ball. 15 July 1936. Programme (with pencil) 1936: Government House Wellington. 23 October 1936. (With pencil) 1936: Royal New Zealand Artillery Annual Ball. Barracks, Fort Dorset, Seatoun, 8 October 1936. Invitation. 1936: Wellington East Girls' College Old Girls' Association. Annual dance 1936. invitation to Miss J Weeber ca 1936: Government House Wellington (With pencil) 1937: Artillery Ball. Royal NZ Artillery. St Francis Hall, Hill Street, 4 June [1937]. Invitation 1937: Nga Tawa Old Girls [and] Wanganui Old Boys annual Ball. Programme [14.6.1937] 1937: Te Rama Municipal Tennis Club Inc. Annual dance 1937. Invitation to Miss J Weeber 1937: Post and Telegraph Department annual ball. List of dances and supper ticket. [18 June 1937] 1937: Royal New Zealand Artillery Fort Dorset. Ball, Barracks Fort Dorset, 19 August 1937. Invitation 1938: Wellington East Girls' College Old Girls' Association annual dance, 15 July 1938. Invitation to Miss J Weeber 1938: Kareti Graduation Ball 1938. Masey Agricultural College Students' Association. Invitation to Mr R Megget to a ball on 17 June 1938 1938: Post and Telegraph Annual Ball. Town Hall, 10 June 1938. Invitation 1938: Toc H Hutt Valley. Plunket Ball, Horticultural Hall, Laing's Road. 26 August 1938. Invitation card. (Donor W Nash) 1940: B.C. - M.W. Programme (Dance programme dated in pencil on verso 26.4.40, perhaps for a wedding between B.C. and M.W.) 1942: First Battalion NZ Scottish Regiment. Complimentary dance. Town Hall Featherston, 11 September 1942. Programme 1946: New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Invitation to the 1946 Radio Ball. Majestic Cabaret. 26 September 1946. 1947: Post and telegraph annual ball. Town Hall Friday 6 June 1947 1948: Massey Agricultural College Graduation Ball 1948. (Invitation donated by Mrs Kiwi Longwill in 1976) 1951: Social Security Social Club Annual Ball. Roseland Cabaret. 28 September 1951. Ticket. 1953: Social Security (Head Office) Social Club Annual Ball. Roseland Cabaret. 28 August 1953. Invitation. 1953: NZ Forest Service. Forestry and Timber Ball. Majestic Cabaret Wellington. 4 August 1953 (printed by H H Tombs Limited) 1953: Combined Council of Scottish Societies. Annual ball. Auckland Town Hall, 22 August 1953. Programme 1953: Coronation Ball, Wellington. Coronation Day 2 June 1953. Programme (With pencil) (Donor Jill Taylor 1995) 1953: Parliamentary ball at the Social Hall, Parliament House. 14 August 1953. Programme 1954: New Zealand Forest Service. Second Forestry and Timber Ball. Majestic Cabaret. 15 July 1954. Invitation printed on wood (2 copies), by H H Tombs Ltd. 1958: Totalisator Agency Board. 6th annual ball. Skyline, 10 July 1958. Programme Quantity: 28 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on programmes and tickets.. Physical Description: Letterpress on programmes, most folded, sizes varying below 200 mm.

Date: 1930-1989

From: Gordon, Stuart John, 1912-1997: Collection

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Minicam Photography

Reference: PAColl-10803

Description: Photographs relating to Stuart Gordon's career, taken by various photographers between 1930 and 1989. Includes photograph of Gordon being awarded the Queen's Service Medal by Governor General Paul Reeves at the 1989 investiture ceremony in Wellington, and the accompanying invitation to the ceremony. Also includes two photographs of Gordon and fellow Kiwi Concert Party musicians taken circa 1955 by unidentified photographers, one of which shows a group outside a plane, and the other shows the musicians on stage in front of a painted background. The photographs are accompanied by a note written by the donor, that reads "I think these 2 photos are the Kiwi Concert Party to Korea and Japan around 1955. Johnny Cooper on guitar?" Also includes a photograph of Gordon at the piano, surrounded by a group wearing fancy dress, taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1960s; two head-and-shoulders portraits of Gordon, including one taken by the Evening Post showing Gordon playing two tin whistles; photograph of Gordon and other muscians on stage, possibly at Roseland Cabaret, taken by Minicam Photographers circa 1950s and accompanied by a note written by the donor that reads "[Roseland] Cabaret Wellington. Jimmy James Band?"; and a photograph of Gordon performing on stage in Stratford with Jack Hooker and his Swing Band, taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1930s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera comprising two hand-written notes and one printed invitation.

Date: 1957-1958

From: Cyprus Community of Wellington and New Zealand Inc: Photographs of Cypriot life and culture in New Zealand

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: 1/2-179530-F

Description: Haralambos Toulis (left), George Papageorge (centre), and Nicholas Iakovides (right) counting the takings at a fund raising dance held in the Roseland Cabaret in Victoria Street, Wellington. Funds were being raised to assist Greek Cypriots whose property was destroyed during the EOKA struggles in Cyprus. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine in 1957 or 1958. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1944

From: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971: Photographs relating to the Lauri Paddi Band

Reference: PA1-q-182-12a

Description: Lauri Paddi Band, Wellington, at the Roseland Cabaret, 1944. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print and record for PA1-q-182. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Roseland Cabaret 1944 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.1 x 15 cm, on album page