[Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

Date
1919
Reference
Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-2
Description

Includes (numbering continues from Folder 1):

13. Thanksgiving and memorial service. Town Hall Wellington on Sunday April 13th 1919, at 3 pm. Ferguson & Osborn Ltd [printers]

14. "God save the King"; programme of peace celebrations, Wanganui, NZ, 19 July 1919. Official programme

15. Peace thanksgiving service 1919. "Come before His presence with singing". Issued by A H Reed, Express Co.'s Building, Dunedin [Sheet music for: "There's a light upon the mountains", "These things shall be! a loftier race", and "God of Nations at Thy feet".

16. Souvenir of the Great Peace, NZ. Compiled by Collinson & Cunninghame Ltd of P[almerston] N[orth], NZ for free distribution. 14th Aug 1914 - 28 June 1919 [folded card]

17. Auckland Star Peace Commemoration number, Saturday July 19, 1919 [Miniature 4-page pamphlet]

18. Peace celebration; souvenir of the Childrens' Day, Masterton, 21.7.19. [Facsimile, on back of Wairarapa Archival Society invitation to the opening of the inaugural exhibition at the new Wairarapa Archive, 22 August 1997]

19. Colonist Extra, Nelson, Saturday June 21, 1919. Germans accept peace terms

20. Souvenir peace programme. Programme of Peace Day celebrations [including the procession of British and Allied Troops]. Printers, The Gainsborough Press, 48 Frith St, W 1. Publisher S Chandler, 5 St Anne's Court, W.1 [London]

21. [Undated]. Extracts from First World War histories [typescript booklet]

22. Peace Day celebrations. Havelock, Saturday July 19, 1919. Guardian Print.

23.J R Akersten, photographer, Havelock. [Postcard photograph of children's parade, probably during Peace Day celebration, 19 July 1919]

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

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1 folder(s), Ephemera, Offset photomechanical prints, Relief prints, Programmes, Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm.
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Peace Day celebrations. Victory has crowned our arms; the Tyrant lies prone in the dust...

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

By: Pelorus Guardian (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-22

Description: Programme shows the British and New Zealand flags on the cover, and inside the programme which began at 10 am with a procession of school children representing Britain and her allies. After speeches there was a social luncheon including the roasting of an ox by Maoris. Later there were children's sports, maypole, poi dances, Maori haka, and in the evening a fireworks display, a bonfire, and a dance in the town hall. The programme reproduces the words of Thomas Bracken's N.Z. National Anthem. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print and letterpress on sheet folded to 217 x 141 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jenifer Hart, Wellington, in 2015. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

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Akersten, James Raglan, 1855-1928 :Postcard. [Photograph of children's parade in Havelo...

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

By: Akersten, James Raglan, 1855-1928

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-23

Description: Photograph shows a scene on the road through Havelock, with the Methodist Church (later the Museum) and a single storey house. Along the road is a line of children dressed for a parade in nurses' and sailors' costumes and other fancy dress. Donated with a programme for the Peace Day celebration 19 July 1919, with donor information that the photograph may show the children's procession on that day. However this may not be a winter scene. See Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 151030, 23 July 1919, Page 2, where details of the parade and children's costumes may differ. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 138 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jenifer Hart, Wellington, in 2015. Transfers: Collection received in Ephemera; transfers on appraisal to Photographic Archive: two colour transparencies by photographer Forrest Marriott, WW2..

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Peace celebrations, Wellington, N.Z., July 21st 1919. Children's memorial service. Parl...

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]

By: E F Jones (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-24

Description: Programme with the words for hymns and songs sung: The national Anthem, A Hymn of thankfulness to God. The Marseillaise, and the Battle Hymn of the United States of America. The chairman of the occasion was Mayor J P Luke, and other speakers were His Excellency Sir Robert Stout, Deputy Governor-General, and The Honourable J A Hanan, Minister of Education. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on pamphlet folded to 209 x 136 mm.