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Hibiscus rosa - sinensis

Watercolour painting of Malvaceae Hibiscus Double var. Rosa - sinensis.

Date 1956
Format Illustration
Resource Type Image
Collection Gordon Gee botanical illustrations

Hibiscus trionum

Watercolour painting of Malvaceae Hibiscus trionum.

Date 1956
Format Illustration
Resource Type Image
Collection Gordon Gee botanical illustrations

Neoregelia spectabilis

Watercolour painting of Bromeliaceae Neoregelia spectabilis (Moore) L.B. Smith.

Date 1956
Format Illustration
Resource Type Image
Collection Gordon Gee botanical illustrations

Dendrobium chrysotoxum

Watercolour painting of Dendrobium chrysotoxum Lindl.

Date 1956 (year uncertain)
Format Illustration
Resource Type Image
Collection Gordon Gee botanical illustrations

Joan Blomquist and Lynette Brown

Joan Blomquist and Lynette Brown wearing school uniforms, sitting on a bench and leaning on a wire fence.

Date 1956
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection Jan Shuttleworth Collection

Three girls

Three unidentified girls standing in a garden for a group portrait.

Date 1956
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection Jan Shuttleworth Collection

HMNZS Endeavour photographed at Lyttelton, December 1956

HMNZS Endeavour photographed at Lyttelton on the 16th or 17th of December, 1956. Behind her is the Frigate HMNZS Pukaki. The vessels are dressed with flags for the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh...

Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2008 Photo Hunt

Christmas Tree, 1956

My younger sister and myself in Beaths Ltd 1956, telling Father Christmas our wishes.

Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2008 Photo Hunt

Summit Road

"Helen, Anne and John Hurley. Summit Road 1956. HAJ Hillman" - Contributor's note

Date 1956
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2020 Photo Hunt

Lord and Lady Mountbatten at Wigram Airport

Photo shows Wing Commander and Mrs Checketts on Mountbatten's right; Sir Ernest Andrews, Mayor of Christchurch, on Lady Mountbatten's left with Lady Andrews, and Bert [Christchurch Town Clerk] &...

Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2014 Photo Hunt

Standard 6, Hornby Primary School, 1956

This is standard six (Form 2) at Hornby Primary School in 1956. 49 students, to 1 teachers. A whole lot different from today.

Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2014 Photo Hunt

Me in my 1932 Chevrolet, 1956-57

Photo of myself with mobile advertising of the movie "Shake, Rattle & Rock" showing at the Crystal Place. Car is a 1932 Chev. Avon River in background.

Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2014 Photo Hunt

Elephant float preparing for the Hay's Christmas Parade

A large elephant float on wheels being pushed by a group of children in Hagley Park in preparation for the Hay's Christmas Parade. Behind it is a giraffe float also heading towards the parade.

Date 1956-12-08
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2018 Photo Hunt

Train float for the Hay's Christmas Parade

A train float with a santa sleigh and reindeer float being admired by families in Hagley Park ahead of the Hay's Christmas Parade through the central city.

Date 1956-12-08
Format Photograph
Resource Type Image
Collection 2018 Photo Hunt