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  1. Accordion - Accordion and case, used by John Henry Mitchell of Studholme, circa 1900s. The accordion is a diatonic button accordion with a set of buttons on either side of the bellows. The accordion is predominantly black with chromed metal fittings while the interior surfaces of the bellows are white decorated with a star pattern. The accordion was made by International Accordion in Saxony, Germany. The box is made of wood with a hinged lid fastened via hooks and eyes on the front facing. The exterior of the box is painted black while the interior is red.

    c 1900s

    Record Type: Object

    Accordion
  2. Address, Illuminated - Copy of the illuminated address given to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Timaru in January 1954. The address is stored in a red folder labelled "Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand" and decorated with pictures of native flowers and two globes - one showing the United Kingdom, the other, New Zealand. The title page inside is decorated with pictures of Mount Cook, Caroline Bay, and native birds.

    1953

    Record Type: Object

    Address, Illuminated
  3. Address, Illuminated - Red folder with trial sketches for the illuminated address given to Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Timaru in January 1954. The folder also includes clippings from the Queen's visit, and more of Gordon Harvey's art, including The Coronation of King Henry IV, Queen Elizabeth, and If by Rudyard Kipling.

    1953-1982

    Record Type: Object

    Address, Illuminated
  4. Advertisement - Square card commemorating the Coronation of Queen Alexandra, 1902. The card depicts a black and white photograph of Queen Alexandra and is bordered by red, pink, and yellow roses. There is an artist's palette in the bottom left corner with "Her Majesty Queen Alexandra. Born Dec 1 1844. Married March 10 1863. Ascended Throne Jan 22 1901. Crowned Aug 1902. Presented by Thomas Holloway" written on it. The back of the card advertises "Holloway's Pills and Ointment" which can "cure all disorders of the liver...skin eruptions of every kind, such as eczema, scurvy, pimples, blotches, ringworm ulcerations etc."

    1902

    Record Type: Object

    Advertisement
  5. Album, Card - Small cardboard album for collecting cards from Cereal Foods NZ Ltd., 1960. The cover of the album reads "Cereal Foods NZ. Ltd. Historic Events in Early New Zealand in picture, map, and story" and has an image of a Maori man standing in water in front of several boats. An insert folds out to reveal a large stylised map of New Zealand, and has notes on the back about the Treaty of Waitangi.

    1958

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  6. Album, Card - Card album for collecting cards from the Timaru Milling Company, 1940. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's Album. Past and Present, 1940 Series." The cover of the album is orange and depicts a ship, train, car, and two men and women waving. At the bottom of the picture is the subtitle, "Chiefs of Staff-Navy-Army-Airforce-Railways-Film Stars". The back cover has an advertisement for Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast Diamond" oats. The pages inside are colourful and full of collected cards.

    1940

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  7. Album, Card - Card album for collecting cards from products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1941. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's Album on Active Service, 1941 Series." The cover depicts planes from WWII above a war ship. At the bottom of the picture is the subtitle "War Personalities, Heroes, Actions, War Planes, Film Stars". The back cover has an advertisement for Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast Diamond Oats."

    1941

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  8. Album, Card - Card album for storing cards collected from the products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1939. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's Century of Progress, 1939 Series." The front cover depicts a futuristic city with a ship, train, car, and helicopter. The cover also has been stamped with the owner's details, "Dennis Palmer 46 East, St. Fielding". At bottom of the cover reads "Speed - Air - Sea - Land - Sport - Progress". The back cover bears an advertisement for Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast Diamond Oats".

    1939

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  9. Album, Card - Card album for collecting cards from products from the Timaru Milling Company, 1947. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's 1947 Album, Peace and Progress." The front cover depicts a spaceship flying around planets. The back cover advertises the Timaru Milling Company's Energy Breakfast, Diamond Oats" and other card albums including "Governors of New Zealand", "Industry in New Zealand", "New Zealand - Sporting Paradise", "A Peep ino the Future", and "World Personalities". Not all spaces inside the album are filled with cards.

    1947

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  10. Album, Card - Carb album for storing cards collected from products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1948. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's 1948 Album, Focus on Fame". The front cover depicts a plane and a portrait of a pilot. There are six beams of light beneath the plane with "New Zealanders of Renown", "Ships from the pages of New Zealand History", "Heroes of the Icy Wastes", "Queens and their Consorts", "Wings Over New Zealand", and "Noble Callings" written inside. The back cover advertises the Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast, Diamond Oats" and depicts an air drop over Antarctica, and dogs pulling a sled.

    1948

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  11. Album, Card - Card album for collecting cards from products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1941. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's Album. Active Service, 1941 Series." The cover of the album bears a scene of an air and sea battle with airplanes and ships from WWII. At the bottom of the image is the subtitle "War Personalities-Heroes-Actions-War Planes-Film Stars". Th back cover has an advertisement for Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast Diamond Oats".

    1941

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  12. Album, Card - Card album for collecting cards from the products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1941. The album is titled "Peter the Pilot's Album. British Might,1942 Series". The cover depicts a warship and a portrait of Winston Churchill during WWII. At the bottom of the cover is the subtitle "Leaders-Heroes-Actions-Planes-Film Stars". The back cover has an advertisement for Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast Diamond Oats". Not all spaces inside the album are filled with cards.

    1942

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  13. Album, Card - Card album for storing cards collected from the products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1969. The album is titled "Captain Scarlett Souvenir Picture Album" and the front cover depcits a car, and aeroplane, and Captain Scarlett holding a gun. The bottom of the cover reads "Presented by Timaru Miling Company Ltd., Timaru, New Zealand". Inside the album is an envelope with 20 Captain Scarlett cards, six "Peter the Pilot" cards from 1947, and a piece of note paper with 1969 written on it.

    1969

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  14. Album, Card - Small white cardboard album for collecting cards from Sanitarium products, 1959. The front of the album reads "National Costumes and Flags, a series of 25 Cards. Prepared by the Sanitarium Health Food Company, Papanui." There are also black and white images of a woman with a large basket of flowers on her back, a man with a scythe, and two images of the globe.

    1959

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  15. Album, Card - Card album for collecting cards for the products of the Timaru Milling Company, 1946. The album is titled, "Peter the Pilot's 1946 Album, 'Victory''" and the front cover depicts a plan flying over cars, a train, and buildings. The back cover has an advertisement for Timaru Milling Company's "Energy Breakfast, Diamond Oats". Not all spaces inside the album are filled with cards.

    1946

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  16. Album, Card - Card album, from 1952. The cover is illustrated with a boy using a bow to shoot a red jetplane out of the sky and is titled "Peter the Pilot's Series 3 Album - Changing Years". The inside of the album is full of cards collected from products of the Timaru Milling Company. There is a coloured picture of the Timaru Milling Company on the back cover and a letter from Peter the Pilot on the inside cover.

    1952

    Record Type: Object

    Album, Card
  17. Ammeter - Ammeter and brown leather case. The ammeter is made of black metal with two metal handles. One handle is longer than the other and is fixed in place. The shorter handle twists to open and close the top section of the ammeter. There is a rounded glass face above the handles with a dial from "0" to "100" with "A C Ampere Rectifier Instrument Ferranti. Made in England. No. 136630" written on the face. The top section of the ammeter has two red lines and there is a note in the case instructing "When using this ammeter, conductor should be kept in line with red lines." The case is embossed with "SCEPB Timaru", has two leather straps, and is lined with blue velvet.

    Record Type: Object

    Ammeter
  18. Anchor - Large, smooth greywacke rock anchor from Rangitata Reserve. The anchor is a rounded triangle with rounded edges and has a fist-sized hole in the centre.

    Record Type: Object

    Anchor
  19. Animal - A Fun Ho toy elephant, circa 1935-49. The elephant is a flat style toy and is painted grey with white tusks and a green base.

    c.1935-49

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  20. Animal - A Fun Ho toy elephant, circa 1935-49. The elephant is a flat style toy and is painted grey with white tusks and a green base.

    c.1935-49

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  21. Animal - A Fun Ho toy elephant, circa 1935-49. The elephant is a flat style toy and is painted grey with white tusks and a green base.

    c.1935-49

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  22. Animal - A Fun Ho toy standing bear, circa 1935-49. The bear is a flat style toy and is painted brown with a green base.

    c.1935-49

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  23. Animal - A Fun Ho toy tiger, circa 1935-49. The tiger is a flat style toy and is painted with tiger markings and a green base.

    c.1935-49

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  24. Animal - A metal toy dog standing and wearing clothes and using a walking stick, circa 1940s. The dog is painted with cream pants.

    c.1940s

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  25. Animal - A metal toy pig standing and wearing a suit and hat, circa 1940s. The pig is painted with a black suit and light purple pants.

    c.1940s

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  26. Animal - A metal toy pig standing and wearing a suit and hat, circa 1940s. The pig is painted with a black suit and light purple pants.

    c.1940s

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  27. Animal - A metal toy pig standing and wearing clothes, circa 1940s. The pig is painted with a yellow skirt and a blue shirt.

    c.1940s

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  28. Animal - A metal toy pig, circa 1940s. The pig is painted black.

    c.1940s

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  29. Animal - A metal toy swan, circa 1940s. The swan is painted white.

    c.1940s

    Record Type: Object

    Animal
  30. Animal, Mechanical - Wooden toy dog standing on a circular metal base, circa 1950. The body of the dog is white with brown spots on the body, legs, and tail. The legs and tail are made of several small sections connected with wire, allowing the dog to change position when the base is squeezed. The front of the base bears a small stamp reading "Triang Wakowa", and "L. Bros. Ltd. London England".

    c1950

    Record Type: Object

    Animal, Mechanical
  31. Animal, Stuffed - Black toy Scottie dog owned by Margaret Laredo, circa 1950. The dog is covered with black fur fabric. The dog has glass eyes with black centres and brown outsides, a balck button nose, and a red felt tongue. The stuffing is wood shavings.

    c1950

    Record Type: Object

    Animal, Stuffed
  32. Animal, Stuffed - A hand knitted wool teddy bear, made during COVID-19 lockdown, 2020. The bear is predominantly blue, with a coloured striped section through its torso and arms, and has a stitched face with button eyes. It was a line of buttons up its torso and a white ribbon tied around its neck. Stitched in pink on the front of the bear's legs is 'Covid 19' and '2020' on the back of its head.

    2020

    Record Type: Object

    Animal, Stuffed
  33. Animal, Stuffed - Large golden teddy bear named Big Ted, which belonged to Jean Howell nee. Prestidge, 1940-1945. The teddy bear has gold coloured fabric fur and two black plastic eyes. The nose and mouth are made of black thread. The inside of the hands and feet are lined with fawn coloured fabric.

    Record Type: Object

    Animal, Stuffed
  34. Animal, Stuffed - Largish Teddy Bear. Has White/Cream sheepskin/wool as fur. Base of feet has a circular round brown vinyl patch on both feet. Hands have nothing except wool. Arms and feet can move. Teddy has a leather "Button" nose, has no mouth, has two eyes which are glass and are coloured red outers with black inner. Has a orange ribbon around his neck. Members of the Doll club thought that he was a teddy bear made at the local hospital for patient therapy.

    1960

    Record Type: Object

    Animal, Stuffed
  35. Antimacassar - Rectangular white cotton crocheted antimacassar. The body of the antimacassar has a design of roses with foligae in a vase, surrounded by a criss-cross pattern. The bottom edge has a fringed hem.

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar
  36. Antimacassar - Rectangular white cotton antimacassar, circa 1900. The antimacassar is hand embroidered with a basket of flowers at each short side, and two floral sprays on each long side. The baskets are yellow, the flowers blue and white, with green leaves. There is cotton lace around the edge of the antimacassar.

    c1900

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar
  37. Antimacassar - Rectangular white cotton antimacassar, circa 1900. The antimacassar is hand embroidered with a basket of flowers at each short side, and two floral sprays on each long side. The baskets are yellow, the flowers blue and white, with green leaves. There is cotton lace around the edge of the antimacassar.

    c1900

    Record Type: Object

    Antimacassar
  38. Apron - Cotton peg apron, 1960-1980. The apron is cream-coloured and the front of the apron forms one big pocket. The top hem of the apron is decorated with pink, blue, and brown floral fabric and extends into two ties at each side. There are two mock-pockets shaped like triangles made from the same floral fabric on both sides of the front.

    Record Type: Object

    Apron
  39. Apron - White cotton apron made by Irene Pretoria Davidson at Timaru Main School, age 11 in 1911. There is a triangular shaped bib at the top of the waistband with fastens behind the neck. The skirt of the apron is gathered into the waistband. There ate two tape ties at the waistband to fasten the apron. "I. Davidson" is written in ink at the hem.

    1911

    Record Type: Object

    Apron
  40. Apron - Cream coloured cotton apron with colourful floral embroidery, circa 1950s. There are two pockets at the top of the apron which have been edged with blue thread. The top of the apron has a small design of flowers in pink, white, and orange, and the lower half of the apron has a large embrodiery of a pathway and trellis with pink climbing roses, hollyhocks and daisies.

    c1950

    Record Type: Object

    Apron
  41. Apron - Hand embroidered child's apron. The apron is made of cream coloured cotton and has a yellow edge that continues to form a neck loop and waist ties. There is an embroidered tiki in black, red, and blue at the neck, and an embroidered Maori meeting house with green palm trees and other vegetation at the bottom of the apron.

    Record Type: Object

    Apron
  42. Apron - White cotton apron made by Gertrude White, 1920. The apron has a scooped neckline and wide ties over the shoulders. The ties fasten with buttons at the waistband on the back. The waistband of the apron has a short tie on each end. There is a pocket halfway down the apron on the right hand side.

    1920

    Record Type: Object

    Apron
  43. Apron - White cooking apron made by Joyce Bell (nee. White) from Timaru Main School, 1941 to 1943. "Joyce" has been embroidered in red thread across the top of the apron, and a broken line of embroidery runs across the top, sides, and bottom of the apron. There is a small pocket half way down the apron on the lefthand side. The neck and waist ties of the apron are made of cotton tape.

    Record Type: Object

    Apron
  44. Armband - White canvas Home Guard armband, World War II. The centre bears the letters "H.G" and a crown symbol in red. The edges are zig zaged.

    Record Type: Object

    Armband
  45. Armband - Leather armband from the Timaru Volunteer Rocket Brigade, 1882. A large white oval patch is attached to a brown leather strap that fastens with a metal buckle at one end. The patch depicts a blue anchor with a red rope attached in the centre, and "T. V. R. B" written above it. "Timaru Volunteer Rocket Brigade / C. G. Vogeler / 1882" is handwritten on the back.

    1882

    Record Type: Object

    Armband
  46. Assemblage - Decorative assemblage inside a glass tube, late 20th century. There is a black vase with a multi-coloured floral design, surrounded by an arrangement of dried seaweed, shells, and a black and orange butterfly. The base of the assemblage is a wooden circle.

    Record Type: Object

    Assemblage
  47. Auger - Metal auger drill. There is a wooden handle and a metal shaft attached in the centre of the handle. The end of the shaft is twisted like a corkscrew. The shaft has "1 1/12" engraved on the side.

    Record Type: Object

    Drill, Tree Stump
  48. Awl - A bone awl, used at Timaru Woollen Mills, circa 1910. The awl is entirely bone with a pointed end and rib at the midway point along the shaft.

    c1910

    Record Type: Object

    Awl
  49. Awl - A bone handled awl, used at Timaru Woollen Mills, circa 1910. The awl has a metal shaft with a pointed end fitted with a flat sided, slightly flared bone handle.

    c1910

    Record Type: Object

    Awl
  50. Awl - A bone handled awl, used at Timaru Woollen Mills, circa 1910. The awl has a metal shaft with a pointed end fitted with a rounded, slightly flared bone handle.

    c1910

    Record Type: Object

    Awl

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