Bathing costume, man’s  circa 1965-1975 Canterbury of New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand Purchased 2008

Poster, ’Put out your old hot water bottle’  circa 1942 Stafford & Co., Ltd., Nottingham Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967

Mangahao - Wellington city transmission line  1923 George Adkin, Mangahao Gift of Maud Adkin, 1964

Untitled (’Petone’ advertisement)  circa 1931 Gordon Burt, Wellington Printed from negative owned by William Main, 1979

Toy, ’Peter Pup’  Circa 1940s H. E. Ramsey Limited, Auckland Purchased 2007

Samurai armour (Sendai-do no Gusoku)  1735 Muneyoshi of the House of Myouchin, Japan

Street scene with figures  circa 1917 Raymond McIntyre, England Gift of the estate of C Millan Thompson to mark the occasion of the retirement of the director, SB Maclennan, 1968

Scenes from Punch and Judy Maker unknown

Untitled (’Pare’)  1891 William Partington, Wanganui

Waimangu Geyser in Action  1900 - 1910 W. Beattie & Co., North Island

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