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Young girl with blocks

Views of a young girl standing between two stacks of blocks in a play area.

Date 1969-11-29
Format Negative
Resource Type Image
Collection 1969 Christchurch Star negative strips

Garden City golf classic tournament

Various golfers competing in the Garden City golf classic tournament at Russley golf course. Frames four and five are of American golfer Lee Dennis.

Date 1969-12-05
Format Negative
Resource Type Image
Collection 1969 Christchurch Star negative strips

Softball and lawn bowls players

Views of Christchurch sporting events. Frames one and two are of softball gameplay action. Remaining frames are of a lawn bowls game taking place.

Date 1969-11-29
Format Negative
Resource Type Image
Collection 1969 Christchurch Star negative strips

Show jumping event

Views of a child rider with a horse at a show jumping event. Frames five and six are of the horses at rest.

Date 1969-11-29
Format Negative
Resource Type Image
Collection 1969 Christchurch Star negative strips

Show jumping event

Views of a horse and rider participating in a show jumping event.

Date 1969-11-29
Format Negative
Resource Type Image
Collection 1969 Christchurch Star negative strips

Show jumping event

Views of a horse and rider participating in a show jumping event. Frames one to three are of the horse and rider at rest and in stables and frame four is of a glider in flight.

Date 1969-11-29
Format Negative
Resource Type Image
Collection 1969 Christchurch Star negative strips

1950 to present

A collection of published material from the 1950s. Image credit: Detail of booksale. CCL-StarP-02675A-detail

Format Collection
Resource Type Collection
Collection Publications

1800 to 1899

A collection of published material from the 1800s. Image credit: Detail of booksale. CCL-StarP-02675A-detail

Format Collection
Resource Type Collection
Collection Publications

Wanderings with the Māori prophets, Te Whiti & Tohu

"Account of Te Whiti and Tohu's year in custody after their seizure at Parihaka. Ward, their official interpreter and guardian, accompanied them to the Addington gaol. However, under the eye of...

Format Publication
Resource Type Text
Collection 1800 to 1899

Christchurch a city of light

Christchurch a city of light chronicles the history of the Municipal Electricity Department (MED) and the role electricity played in the development of Christchurch prior to the formation of...

Date 1990
Format Publication
Resource Type Text
Collection 1950 to present

Consumers' electrical guide and cookery book

"Issued to consumers by the Municipal Electricity Department, Christchurch, New Zealand." A small cook book advertising the benefits of cooking with electric appliances including recipes.

Date unspecified year in 195X (year uncertain)
Format Publication
Resource Type Text
Collection 1900 to 1949

Man in a canoe on the Avon River

Man in a canoe on a wide section of the Avon River in the Hagley park area. Other boaters are visible in the background.

Date 1900 to 1907
Format Glass plate negative
Resource Type Image
Collection Samuel Anstey collection

Two men and a woman outdoors

Two men and a woman outdoors posing theatrically. One man holds an axe while the other is on the ground. The woman holds a pistol.

Date 1900 to 1907
Format Glass plate negative
Resource Type Image
Collection Samuel Anstey collection

Three men in a sailboat on the Avon River

Three men in a sailboat on the Avon River near the boat ramps of the Antigua Boat Sheds. A boy on stands on the riverbank on the right side. Two children, a photographer with a camera and buildings...

Date 1900 to 1907
Format Glass plate negative
Resource Type Image
Collection Samuel Anstey collection

Christchurch Hospital, riverside

Exterior of Christchurch Hospital, riverside frontage. A vegetable garden and gardener in the foreground.

Date 1900 to 1907
Format Glass plate negative
Resource Type Image
Collection Samuel Anstey collection

Penguins in the snow

Kim Collier with taxidermied penguins on the Avon River bank in the snow. They normally occupy glass cases at the DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) Antarctic division.

Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 1976 Christchurch Star photographs

Bridge, Victoria Street, 1904

View of the Victoria Street bridge looking along the Avon River towards the Christchurch Supreme Court on Durham Street.

Date unspecified month and day in 1904
Format Glass plate negative
Resource Type Image
Collection Samuel Anstey collection

Armagh Street bridge

Armagh Street bridge across the Avon River to Hagley Park looking South towards the central city. To the left is Park Terrace.

Date 1900 to 1907
Format Glass plate negative
Resource Type Image
Collection Samuel Anstey collection