Slice of Heaven Exhibition Credits
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SLICE OF HEAVEN: 20TH CENTURY AOTEAROA Guess the decade interactive 1900–09 1900–09 CULTURE Two women and a group of children on a picnic, 1900. Photograph by James McAllister, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-007894-G) Kitchen interior and maid, probably in Christchurch, about 1905. Photograph by Steffano Francis Webb, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-010475-F) Dix’s Gaiety Company Programme for week ending Friday 20 December, Theatre Royal, Wellington, 1901. Designed by P McIntyre, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-B-VARIETY-1901-01) 1900–09 EVENTS Rua Kēnana Hepetipa’s wooden circular courthouse and meeting house (also known as Hīona and Te Whare Kāwana) at Maungapōhatu, about 1908. From left to right: Te Akakura, Te Aue, Rua Kēnana Hepetipa, Whaitiri, Whakaataata, Mihiroa. Standing on steps: ? Whirimako, Pinepine Te Rika. Negative taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1930 of an original photograph by George Bourne, about 1908, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (APG-1679-1/2-G) A tight corner, a New Zealander, by G Montbard, about 1900. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (A-256-002) Postcard showing the New Zealand International Exhibition buildings, Christchurch, about 1906–07. Wanganui Photo Co. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1900–09 SPORT Boxer Thomas William Murphy, known as ‘Torpedo Billy’, about 1905. Photograph by James McAllister, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-007887- G) Women play croquet on the opening day of a club, probably in the Taranaki region, New Zealand, 1909. Photograph by James McAllister, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-008040-G) A female competitor is assisted by a starter in a cycle race at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, about 1900. Photograph by Malcolm Ross, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/4-017551-G) The Ladies’ New Zealand Representative Lawn Tennis team in Wellington, 1906. Photograph by Joseph Zachariah, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-8564) 1900–09 STYLE Woman’s boots, by La Fiurentina, about 1900. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Flower dish, by Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, about 1905. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Stidolph 1. Photographer unknown. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1900–09 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Group aboard the steamer Ohura on the Whanganui River, 1905. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-049536-F) Richard Seddon and others, Kelburn cable car, Wellington, 1902. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-135995-F) Steam boats on the Whanganui River, 1907. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-041898-F) 1 A traction engine bearing the names ‘J C N [John Charles Nattle], Grigg, Longbeach’ hauls wool bales to a railway, probably near Longbeach Station, Canterbury, about 1900. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-6585-75) Thornton-Pickard ‘Ruby’ enlarger, 1900–10. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Peugeot motor car, 1903. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Watch, by Gillett & Bland, about 1900. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1910–19 1910–19 CULTURE Kitchen interior, about 1915. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-017707-G) Interior of a grocery store, 1910. Photograph by Steffano Webb, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-004206-G) The Oriental Bay Tea Kiosk, 1914. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-022812) Soldier doll, by Dorothy Broad, 1916. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ‘Good Old New Zealand’ sheet music, written by Louis Benzoni, 1914. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1910–19 EVENTS Strikers and sympathisers of the 1913 waterfront dispute march along Mansfield Street to Newtown Park, Wellington. Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-048931-G) Central Medicine Depot, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 4 December 1918. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-008542-G) Celebrations at Pūtiki Pā to mark the return home of members of the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, World War I, 1918. Photograph by Frank James Denton (1869–1963), reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Tesla Studios Collection, 1/1-020991-G) Members of the Maori Pioneer Battalion take a break from trench improvement work near Gommecourt, France, World War I, 25 July 1918. Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders (1886– 1936), England, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2- 013414-G) Conscription ballot box, maker unknown, 1916. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1910–19 SPORT A game of basketball (later known as netball), about 1910. Photograph by William A Price, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-000260-G) The winning Queen Mary’s Auxiliary Army Corp’s tug-of-war at the New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 3 August 1918. Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders (1886–1936), England, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-013430-G) Members of the Hawke’s Bay ladies’ hockey team, about 1910. Photograph by Tesla Studios, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-020950-G) Kurupō Tāreha plays golf, about 1911. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-038029-F) Maranui Surf Life Saving Club members, Lyall Bay, Wellington, 1914. Photograph by Melba Studios, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-047678-G) Final of the 1910 All-comers Singles tennis match at Wimbledon, London, England, featuring Anthony Wilding and Beals Wright, 1910. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-049752-F) Tennis champion Anthony Frederick Wilding, about 1910. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (MNZ-0971-1/4-F) 2 A woman plays tennis, about 1910. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (PAColl-5936-38) 1910–19 STYLE Two men in the Danks group, 1911. Photograph by Herman Schmidt (1872–1959), New Zealand, reproduced courtesy of Auckland City Libraries (Sir George Grey Special Collections, 31-68454) A woman’s shoes, about 1910. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Dressmaking pattern, Butterick Publishing Company, about 1919. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Table, maker unknown, about 1910. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1910–19 TRANSPORT & TECHNOLOGY Display of electrical goods in the shop window of Turnbull & Jones Ltd, Christchurch, about 1917. Photograph by Steffano Webb, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-003927-G) Taihape railway station, with refreshment premises, about 1915. Photograph by Frederick George Radcliffe, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-006010- G) Soldiers repair a car at the New Zealand Motor Transport Company workshops, Bonnieres, World War I, 11 August 1918. Photograph by Henry Armytage Sanders (1886–1936), England, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-013453-G) Two open-topped cars on a sports field, about 1914. Photograph by Frederick Nelson Jones, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-029461-G) The American Wizard Stone flies his Bleriot aeroplane in the Auckland Domain, 19 April 1913. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (EP-Transport-Aviation, Historical-02) Mosin-Nagant rifle, Westinghouse Company, 1915. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 1920–29 1920–29 CULTURE Dancing the charleston, 1920s. Photograph by Tesla Studios, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-017472-G) Greengrocery shop interior, 1920s–1930s. Photograph by John Reginald Wall, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/1-013024-G) Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova poses with a flock of sheep during her visit to New Zealand, 1926. Photographer unknown, reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (1/2-089575-F) The Common Law, starring Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, and Elliott Dexter, King’s Theatre, Wellington, 11 January 1924. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-CINEMA-1924-01) Adolph Zukor and Jesse Liasky present Cecil B De Mille’s Feet of Clay, about 1926. Reproduced courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (Eph-A-CINEMA-1926-02) Adolph Zukor and Jesse Liasky present Clara Bow