Staircase, Australian pavilion, New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington  04.1940 Eric Lee-Johnson, Wellington Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

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

Untitled. From the series: Night trials  Circa 1956 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Scenes from Punch and Judy Maker unknown

Poster, ’Buy Health Stamps’  1932 Marmaduke Matthews, New Zealand Purchased, 2002.

Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata

Reconnaissance of Terra, Waimamakau, Northland  1957 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

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

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

View of Dunedin, Otago, N.Z.  1867 W Hatton, New Zealand

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