[Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

Date: 1970-1999

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1970/1999

Description: Includes: 1970s: Scarborough Fair, to help the children of Parnell. Scarborough Tce, Parnell, Sat. 24 April [1970s]. Flier Village Fayre, Parnell. 27 September [1970s]. Flier 1972: New Zealand Industries Fair 1972. Evening concession tickets for company staff. Application form (2 copies) 1975: Wadestown-Wilton Plunket Sub-Branch. Auction and fair. St Lukes Hall, Pitt Street, Wadestown, 1 November [1975]. Flier 1976: New Zealand Industries Fair 1976. Canterbury Court & Alston Pavilion, Christchurch, New Zealand, 21 August - 4 September [1976]. Space allotments, space rates and sizes 1982: Sixth great Mt Victoria Fair. Moncrieff St, Crossways, Clyde Quay School Grounds, 6 November 1982. Flier 1983: St Mark's Collegiate School Parents' Association. Guy Fawke's Day annual fair. 5 November [1983]. Yellow flier (2 copies) 1984: Sacred Heart College gala. 65 Laings Road, Lower Hutt, 3 November 1984. Flier St Bernard's Gala. College Gymnasium, 6 October [1984]. Flier 1993: Ngaio Arts & Crafts Fair. Opening night, Town Hall Ottawa Road. 1 July [1993]. Red ticket 1994: Ngaio Plunket Toy Library. 1994 toy & craft fair. List of stall holders St Luke's Church Halls. Come to the fair. 8 October [1994]. Pamphlet St Matthews Good Time Family Fair. 96 Washington Avenue Brooklyn, 15 October [1994]. Flier (2 copies - 1 white, 1 blue) UNICEF International Fair. See the world in one day. Wellington Show Building, 5 November 1994. Flier (2 copies) 1995: Thorndon Fair. 10 December 1995. Red flier Wadestown School. Monster fair, 7 October [1995]. Pamphlet Wellington City Mission. Fair. St Barnabas Anglican Church Boxhill Khandallah, 30 September 1995. Yellow flier 1997: Thorndon Fair 1997. Circular letter about parking. Blue flier 1998: Thorndon Fair 1998. Circular letter about parking. Orange flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1940-1969

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

By: Evans, Judith Christine, 1920-

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1940/1969

Description: Includes: 1940: Ye Olde Englyshe Fayre. [Dunedin]. 1940. Programme (Cover illustration by M Kershaw) 1944: Communist Party. People's Xmas Fair 1944. Wellington, 21-23 December 1944. Programme (Cover illustration by Judy Evans) 1966: National Trades Fair in association with 4th Outdoor Life & Sport Exhibition. Memorial Park, Tauranga, 28 October - 5 November 1966. Programme 1968: 1968 New Zealand Industries Fair. Canterbury Court Chritchurch, 15-31 August 1968. Space booking application Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1906

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1906-01

Description: Programme printed at the Wai[kato ...] lists stalls, competitions, entertainment programme, minstrel entertainment and "Living Pictures" (probably tableaux performed by locals), followed by a dance at 10.30 pm. Stalls included fancy goods, children's toys, fruit, refreshments, lollies, tobacco & flowers, fortune teller's tent, shooting gallery, art gallery, Aunt Sally and skittles. Competitions included Ladies' cross-cut sawing, Ladies' nail-driving, range finding, Ladies' sawing, Gentlemen's hat-trimming, weight guessing, candle-burning, peas in bottle, guessing weight of cake, Name of bride (doll). Entertainment programme included pianoforte music, orchestral music, musical dumb bells drill, musical club drill, songs, and a humorous recitation. Minstrel entertainment included comic songs, "coon" songs, sentimental songs, Mr W Tait as "Signor Mazzoni", and "The Great Negro Fishing Haka" performed by the troupe. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on light card, folded to 205 x 138 mm. Processing information: Description updated 19 September 2023 as part of reparative description work.

Date: 1903 - 1920 - 1914 - 1925

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

By: Huggins, Herbert Augustus, 1867-1962

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1920s-01

Description: Flier advertising a fair which was to feature: tennis competitions, Old Aunt Sally, cocoanut shies, shooting gallery and other sports. Refreshments, affternoon tea, fruit salad, ice icream, summer drinks, lolly stall, etc. Fancy and plain work stalls, and a "first-class band" to render musical items. Admission 6d; children 3d. Rubber stamp at top right from All Saints Church Room, Kilbirnie. Dated 1903-1928 when Deslandes & Lewis were operating as printers. Perpetual calendar suggests: 1903, 1914, 1920, 1925. 1920 is the date of some other material received in the same donation. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, navy on cream, 220 x 133 mm. Provenance: From the papers of H A Huggins, 1975.

Date: 1944

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

By: Communist Party of New Zealand. Wellington District

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1944-01

Description: Programme booklet for the fair which featured a baby show, dancing competitions, a floor show with Island dancing and hula, and the "Unity Centre" Orchestra. The booklet also featured advertisements for the Radio Centre, the Unity Centre, a price list from the Co-Op Shop, Modern Books (the Co-Op Book Shop), Tip-Top icecream, the Night Bird cafe, the People's Voice, and a Victory Carnival at Newtown Park, 22 December 1944 to 6 January 1945. The back cover advertises the Victory Patriotic Art Union, and the front cover shows an illustration by Judy Evans, of a Joker holding balloons and meeting Father Christmas. Rubber stamp on cover reads: "Gwynedd Richards Memorial Library at the Unity Centre, 125 Cuba Street". Other Titles - Christmas Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 218 x 142 mm.

Date: 1910

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]

By: Missions to Seamen (Wellington, N.Z.); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-FAIR-1910-01

Description: Programme booklet showing the Missions to Seamen Church & Institue Building on the front cover, and views of the interior of the building inside. The institute provided warmth and hospitality, entertainment and games. The programme lists the names of the stalls at which objects can be bought, together with the names of the women running each stall: "Mars", "Southern Cross", "Saturn" (dolls for sale), "Juno", (confectionery), "Orion" (cashier), "Jupiter" (household goods from New Zealand and overseas), "Uranus" (home mending, patching, darning services offered), "Mercury" (various goods), "Sirius" (various goods), "The Comet" (mechanical game dispensing gifts), "Venus" (flowers and country produce). There were also evening entertainments including physicl fitness displays under Mr Dovey, the Wesleyan Orchestra, Mr C D Macintosh's Famous Instrumental Concert Party, a musical trio, and films "The midnight scare" and "The fight for the Pole". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 42 pages, 215 x 140 mm. Provenance: From the Nash papers, 1980s.