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Otago Queen Carnival 1915. The Otago Drill Hall, Bridgeman Street Kensington, where the fair and coronation will take place ...; Some of the attractions of the fair [1915]
- Date
- 1915
- Reference
- Eph-A-CARNIVAL-1915-01-06/07
- Description
The left page (page 6) describes the hall as measuring 25,000 square feet, with seating for 6,000 people. The fair was to open on Saturday 21 August at 2.30 pm and continue until Wednesday 25 August at 10 pm. Mr J H F Hamel was in charge of ticket sales.
The right hand page lists stalls at the fair, and some of the amusements including "Breaking German crockery", "Killing the Kaiser", and laughing galleries. There were also waxworks, shooting galleries, fairy caves, fortune tellers, magic fishponds, dips, "Komical Klowns", pierrots and pierettes and "hundreds of queenly-garbed folk". A pontoon captured from the Turks by New Zealand troops was to be on show.
The Turkish pontoons were prbably the German-made pontoons captured at Gallipoli by New Zealand troops.
Extended Title - From its "Grand finale in the new drill hall, Kensington", double spread, pages 6-7.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Offset print on double spread, 230 x 294 mm.
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- Part of
- [Ephemera relating to carnivals and celebrations in New Zealand. 1900-1919] / Otago Queen Carnival 1915. Grand finale in the new drill hall, Kensington, Dunedin, to aid our wounded soldiers & their dependents. Grand Coronation ceremony Friday & Saturday August 27th & 28th. Monster fair, Saturday August 21st to Wednesday August 25th. J Wilkie & Co. Ltd, Dunedin. Official programme.
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Programmes, Offset print on double spread, 230 x 294 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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