Buffaloes

Date: [Between 1914 and 1918]

From: Johnstone, L : Photograph and album of photographs taken by G F Wright during World War I

By: Wright, George Frederick, 1889-1952?

Reference: PA1-q-271

Description: Photographs of World War I, taken in the Middle East by George Frederick Wright. None of the images have captions. Many scenes show aspects of life in Egypt; several views of the Handley Page V/1500 known as "Old Carthusian"; planes that have crashed; ships in Suez Canal; long convoys of horse-drawn gun-carriages; huge numbers of camels, and camel cavalry; groups of simple wooden crosses on battlefields, some of which have names and dates that are legible (names listed above); Chapelle de Matarieh; mosques and Coptic churches; and costume worn by different groups of Egyptian people. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1935, 1950-1969

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes; Weeks Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Miscellaneous

Description: Includes: 1935: "Roxy" Theatre cnr Manners & Willis Streets, opening Friday, March 15 [1935] 1936: Willson's New Walk Printing Works: Make Willson's your printers. New Walk Colour Printing Works, King St. & New Walk, Leicester (and branches). List no. MWYP 2, 8/36 [1936?] 1951: Light cardboard cutout pf a bearded man in a top hat, possibly a ringmaster (Hand-dated 1951 on recto) 1953?: Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes :Grand Lodge of New Zealand. Haeremai, Lodge no. 22. This is to certify that Brother Charles Henry Cabot has been duly initiated ... 2 October 1953. 1960s: Birkenhead Jaycee Inc.: Xmas Festival Week, Nov 27th to Dec 5th. Proceeds to Outward Bound [1960s] Foxhunter Daily Express National Jumping Competition. Pillaton Gymkhana & Clay Pigeon Shoot, Liegh [Leigh], Barton, Pillaton, Saturday 1 June [1957 or 1963?] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 456 x 330 mm.

Date: 1953

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

By: Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes; Weeks Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Miscellaneous-1953-01

Description: A certificate with text surrounded by a frame of coat of arms above an arch, columns and pedestal. The coat of arms shows an knight and a buffalo on either side of a shield and the motto "Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit" (No mortal is wise all the time). Panels show tableaux representing Europe, Asia, Africa and America. At the lower edge are scenes of King John signing the Magna Carta and Queen Elizabeth presenting Earl Essex the banner and motto of the Order. In the centre above the text is a portrait of a man in 16th century (?) dress (possibly Shakespeare), and below the text panel is the head of a buffalo. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 456 x 330 mm.