Portrait of Dame Ngaio Marsh sitting.
Dame Ngaio Marsh sitting in a chair at her Cashmere home.
The South Island headquarters of Agfa Gevaert at 297 Cashel Street which supplies and sells photographic equipment.
"View of firefighters atop the veranda and fighting the fire from the street. My son, Simon, a volunteer firefighter, notes the team of 2 firefighters handling the hose, one directing the flow of...
"Photo shows firefighters fighting the fire from the street. Another view of firefighters working in a team handling the a hose, my son, Simon, a volunteer firefighter, notes a ground based monitor...
"A Christchurch Fire Board personnel likely in management role given his suit, with another suited man beside him who many be a colleague. In the background, others also looking up, opposite a couple...
"Horizontal view of firefighters fighting the fire from the veranda and fire escapes, their hoses now aimed at the windows with visible flames." - Contributor's note.
"Interesting angles, in this photo, of a triangle formed by the firefighter on his extended ladder, the flow of water from his hose, across the top of the adjoining C.F.M and the Para Rubber buildings...
"Firefighters and a man in business dress, near and inside a doorway on part of the street frontage. To the right of the photo, water and smoke damaged goods are strewn amongst the hoses over the...
"In this photo, firefighters continue to fight the fire from various angles stop the veranda, in the top left set of window flames are clearly visible crawling along the ceiling, but not creating as...
"In this photo, firefighters continue to fight the fire from various angles stop the veranda, my son Simon a volunteer firefighter notes in this photo in the top left set of window flames are clearly...
"Police actively control the several deep watching crowd outside McKendry’s Hotel, located on the north east corner of Cashel and Manchester Streets. This bar changed hands and names over the years" -...
"Street scene after the fire appears to have brought under control. The crowds are visible in the background while photographers and reporters are in the middle of the wet street near the fire trucks...
"Street scene after the fire appears to have brought under control. Interesting view from the Para Rubber building on the corners of the Cashel and Manchester streets, a fire truck in the background...
"Street scene after the fire appears to have brought under control. A view from intersection down the street, two pedestrian crossings visible crossing the intersection, however no traffic lights." -...
National Society on Alcoholism executive officer, W.L.S. Britton, conducts an interview in an information centre tent in Cathedral Square during Alcoholism Information Week.
"A view of the building on the corner of the streets the shop occupied, a pedestrian crossing pole, with an orange coloured globe lamp on the side (a Belisha beacon), a firefighter crouched atop the...
"Interesting photo of Christchurch Fire Board (as the service was known from 1907 to 1976) personnel, standing on the footpath outside an active burning building amidst smoke." - Contributor's note.
"Firefighter wearing a breathing apparatus tank on his back, partially obscured by the parking meter in no.7, handing a hose amidst other hoses seemingly going in all directions along the wet footpath...
"Horizontal view of the firefighters standing atop verandas and existing fire escapes with fire hoses, whilst smoke billows from the upper floors of the building." - Contributor's note.
"A firefighter on a higher ladder extended over the building is evident, other firefighters visible through the smoke atop of veranda. Street lamp visible in top left of photo." - Contributor's note.
"Many interesting angles in this photo, including the flow of water from the firefighters hose framed against the ladder and building, contrasted with the curved spaghetti junction of hoses." -...
"Firefighters standing atop verandas and existing fire escapes with fire hoses, whilst smoke billows from the upper floors of the building. In the left of the photo there appears to be spectators...