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Recruitment poster, 1940

Second World War recruitment poster

Fridge advert from the 1950s

Advertisement for a Frigidaire refrigerator from the mid-1950s

War poster produced by the British Government during the Second World War to promote and maintain patriotic feelings amongst the civilian population.

Nambassa festival poster, 1978

Poster for the first Nambassa festival of arts, crafts and alternative lifestyles in 1978.

Redwood 70 festival poster

Poster advertising Redwood '70 - New Zealand's first rock music festival

Movie poster from the 1920s

This poster from c1926 advertises the Cecil B De Mille produced film, Feet of Clay

Sheep-raising poster from 1927

Poster produced by The Empire Marketing Board about sheep raising in New Zealand.

Prince of Wales welcome poster

Poster welcoming the Prince of Wales on his visit to New Zealand in 1920

Armenian war relief poster

'They Shall Not Perish' poster by Douglas Volk, 1918 - used by the American Committee for Relief in the Near East to raise money to assist Armenian refugees forcibly displaced by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

Flight TE901 to Antarctica

Much is known of the passengers who made the ill fated Flight TE901 on 28 November 1979

Anti-prohibition poster

This pro-continuance poster, from the 1920s, shows refers to a claim by two British MPs that prohibition in the USA was not working.

Rechabites poster from 1913

This Independent Order of Rachebites poster-calendar from 1913 includes portraits of temperance leaders W. A. Platt and W. Johnson.

Masterton no-license poster

Pro-temperance poster urging Masterton citizens to keep pubs closed in the 1911 vote.

Pro-continuance kiwi poster

This pro-continuance poster from 1928 urges New Zealanders not to confine themselves to a life of alcohol prohibition.

Anti USA-prohibition poster

This pro-continuance poster urges New Zealanders not to follow the United States in banning alcohol and claims prohibition causes more harm than good.

NZ Alliance prohibition poster

This New Zealand Alliance for the Abolition of the Liquor Traffic poster from the 1920s urges voters to support the national prohibition of liquor. Although the twin 1919 referenda are often seen as the climax of the prohibition struggle in New Zealand, the issue remained hugely important into the 1920s.

Spanish Civil War poster

No Pasaran! poster recalling the attack on Madrid on 7 November 1936.

Spanish Civil War memorial poster

Poster advertising a memorial meeting to the New Zealanders who died fighting in Spanish Civil War.

NZ Spanish Civil War nurses

Nurses Isobel Dodds, René Shadbolt and Millicent Sharples made up the only organised New Zealand contingent to serve in the Spanish Civil War.

South Island Limited Express poster

Poster promoting the South Island train service