100 years calendar
Maker and role
Victor Alfred Willott, Artist
W. Smith & Co., Maker
Production date
1910s
Object detail
Accession number
MSS-2019-27
Secondary maker and role
The Brett Printing Company Limited: Printer
Description
Colourful poster with a perpetual calendar in the centre. The calendar is surrounded by advertisements for local businesses in Grey Lynn and Ponsonby. The calendar is flanked by the flags of New Zealand and Great Britain. Above the calendar panel is a banner reading "100 years calendar" and a portrait of a Maori male with facial moko; he is flanked by illustrations of the Scottish thistle and the English rose. Immediately above the calendar is a line of three-leafed clovers. Other illustrations include a boy and girl scout, two Kiwi birds, and two sets of taiaha and long-handled tewhatewha together.
Includes advertisements for business
Ponsonby: Alfred Catchpole (Ironmonger and house furnisher), E. B. Robinson (blacksmith), L. Finlay (milliner), L. G. Iggo (sewing), T. Clark Book Emporium, W. J. Maxwell (tailor and costumier), P. J. Silver (watchmaker, jeweller optician), Letham & Hoffman (plumbing), The Ponsonby Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Coy., Joseph McConnell (baker and pastry cook)
Grey Lynn: Mrs. E. Cain (fishmonger), Central Dairy, C. Butler (bookseller and stationery), James M. France (dentist), Miss M. K. Green (draper and clothier), W. Nicholson (coal, firewood & grain merchant), the All-Night Pharmacy, F. Catchpole (saddler and harness maker)
Includes advertisements for business
Ponsonby: Alfred Catchpole (Ironmonger and house furnisher), E. B. Robinson (blacksmith), L. Finlay (milliner), L. G. Iggo (sewing), T. Clark Book Emporium, W. J. Maxwell (tailor and costumier), P. J. Silver (watchmaker, jeweller optician), Letham & Hoffman (plumbing), The Ponsonby Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Coy., Joseph McConnell (baker and pastry cook)
Grey Lynn: Mrs. E. Cain (fishmonger), Central Dairy, C. Butler (bookseller and stationery), James M. France (dentist), Miss M. K. Green (draper and clothier), W. Nicholson (coal, firewood & grain merchant), the All-Night Pharmacy, F. Catchpole (saddler and harness maker)
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 leaf : illustrations (colour) ; 78 x 57 cm
Record level
Item
Credit line
Victor Alfred Willott et al. 1910s. 100 years calendar, MSS-2019-27. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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