Items in 1940s Christchurch Star photographs

Exterior view of the Godley Head lighthouse.

View of Governors Bay from the Sign of the Kiwi.

Exterior of Government Housing subdivisions under construction in Riccarton, part of one of the biggest government schemes in Christchurch.

Deer skins being untied and graded in a central city store.

The grand parade at the 1941 Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show.

A group of officials inspecting a gun pit at Fort Jervois on Ripapa Island just off the Banks Peninsula near Diamond Harbour.

Machinery at work in Halswell quarry.

Exceptionally high tide at the jetty of the Christchurch Yacht Club at Redcliffs looking towards Southshore.

Horses for judging at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show at Addington showgrounds.

A man on a horse leading a packhorse with the sign "too slow for today" during the New Zealand centennial procession in Christchurch.

A boy riding the merry go round at the New Zealand Industries Fair in October 1941 at the Dalgety's building in Moorhouse Ave.

Stalls being set up for the New Zealand Industries Fair in October 1941 at the Dalgety's buildings on Moorhouse Ave.

Construction workers installing concrete block foundations outside the pumping station at 54 Colombo Street.

Municipal Electricity Department workers installing the new lamps on one of the main streets in the central city.

Workers remove ivy from the main entrance to Canterbury College along Worcester Street.

Statue of John Robert Godley in Cathedral Square.

Knox Church on the corner of Victoria Street and Bealey Avenue.

View of workers laying a new water main under Western Terrace at the point where the pipes will cross the Heathcote River.

View of Little River looking towards Birdlings Flat.

View of Manchester Street bridge across the Avon River.

A man uses the controls at the Municipal Electricity Department (MED) building.

Exterior of the Memorial window of the Great Hall at Canterbury University on the corner of Worcester Street and Rolleston Avenue.

Close-up of the memorial window at the Christchurch Teachers College on the corner of Montreal Street and Peterborough Street.

Exterior of Millers Department Store on Tuam street lit up from the inside at night. Several cars are parked along the road in front of the building.