Bank of New Zealand building under construction, Corner Colombo & Hereford Streets, Cathedral Square.
Ballantynes department store under reconstruction. Photograph taken from outside Whitcombe & Tombs, Cashel St.
Watercolour painting of Aechmea distichantha Lem. var. Schlumbergeri E.Morr. Ex Mez.
Watercolour painting of Aechmea fasciata (Lindl.) Bak.
Watercolour painting of Bifrenaria harrisoniae Reichb. f.
Watercolour painting of Smithiantha x hybrida Voss ex Siebert & Voss 'Lindleyana'.
Watercolour painting of Vriesea barriletti.
Portrait of Mr Ron Scott, convener of Publicity Committee of the Canterbury Commonwealth and Empire Games Promotion Society, with a copy of 'The Christchurch Games', a report outlining the case for...
Mrs J. Steven, sends down the first kitty at the opening of the Canterbury Bowling Club season. Her husband, the club president, watches.
David Griffiths, Neville Shackley, Russell Falkingham and Michael Kean of Shirley Boys' High School paint a model Stegosaurus.
Bowling greens and pavilion at Opawa Bowling Club. Looking south towards Port Hills.
Exterior of Kendal Port Office on Kendal Avenue, Burnside. Stood outside the post office is, from right, Christchurch Chief Postmaster Mr J. W. Lincoln, Deputy-Chief Postmaster Mr M. Johnson and Mrs C...
Christchurch Magistrates Court Floodlit for the Floral Festival.
Sign of the Takahe. Appears taken from Victoria Park Road looking down Dyers Pass Road over Christchurch City.
View from New Brighton beach of the wooden pier prior to demolition. The photograph was taken by the contributor's father, Norman Dawes, who worked for Christchurch City Council as a loader driver.
Mr O. Wood operating a warp mill.
A firefighter using foam to fight a simulated aviation crash at Christchurch Airport.
John Maybury, former radio personality, with a loud speaker stood on a truck of prizes during a three day Christmas promotion on behalf of stores on Colombo Street between Lichfield Street and St...
Workman in a trench working on laying pipes on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace to carry storm water from Cathedral Square to the Avon River. The statue of Robert Falcon Scott is...
Models at Woolworths store on High Street with tags in sterling and decimal currency. Models, from left, Faye Laws, Helen Saunders, Margaret Flatman, Pamela Whitta, Lorraine Saunders, Mrs Rhoda Thomas...
Displays of soap at the Woolworths store on High Street with price tags in both sterling and decimal currency and a conversion table.
People queuing for the fourth Mammoth Kiwi lottery along Colombo Street near the intersection with Victoria Street. In the background is the entrance to the Federal Hotel.
Construction of the Bank of New Zealand building in South Cathedral Square.