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[Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs. 1900-1939]
- Date
- 1900-1939
- Reference
- Eph-A-FAIR-1900/1939
- Description
Includes:
1903:
Missions To Seamen, Whitmore Street Wellington [Bazaar]. 29-30 April 1903. Programme and souvenir (green cover)
1906:
Te Mata Athenaeum. Fancy fair & fete in the Te Mata Hall, 28 September 1906. Programme
1910:
Boys' Institute Garden fete. Botanical Gardens, 12 March 1910. Ticket
Missions to Seamen (Wellington, N.Z.) :Programme & souvenir of the Grand Comet Bazaar, August 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th, 1910. (2 copies)
1920?:
"Taurima", Hamilton Rd., Kilbirnie (by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Huggins). Garden fete and fancy fair (in aid of church funds). 21 February [1920?]
1925:
Rev T Fielden Taylor's Grand Egyptian Market [in aid of homeless children. Wellington] Town Hall, 2-27 June [1925]. Programme
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.
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- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to fairs]
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Programmes, Tickets, Sizes varying up to 240 mm.
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Te Mata Athenaeum. Fancy fair & fete in the Te Mata Hall, 28 September 1906. Programme
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.
"Taurima", Hamilton Rd., Kilbirnie (by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Huggins). Garden fet...
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.
Missions to Seamen (Wellington, N.Z.): Programme & souvenir of the Grand Comet Bazaar, ...
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.