IMAGE
Peace Day celebrations. Victory has crowned our arms; the Tyrant lies prone in the dust ... Havelock, Saturday July 19, 1919. J B Lovell, M.B.E. Hon. secretary. Guardian print [1919]
- Date
- 1919
- 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..
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 2]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Ephemera, Relief prints, Programmes, Relief print and letterpress on sheet folded to 217 x 141 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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