Deer skins being untied and graded in a central city store.
Bales of deer skins prepared and ready for shipment.
Firefighters descending from the recreation room via a pole at the Christchurch Central Fire Station at 178 Lichfield Street.
Firefighting drill practice with jumping sheet at the Central Fire Station at 178 Lichfield Street.
Damaged power pole after a snowstorm.
Albie Bettle standing outside his Four Square Store on the corner of 16 Station Road, Heathcote Valley. Snow fell from 12-14 July followed by a gale on 13 July.
Group of people having a snowfight at the Heathcote Railway Station in front of stationary train. Snow fell from 12-14 July followed by a gale on 13 July.
Workers repairing the electrical lines which were damaged in the 1945 snowfall.
On the 13 July 1945 there was a howling North West gale and the next morning the City of Christchurch woke up to three feet of snow. Schools were closed for a week and the power was cut off, bur a lot...
View looking across Cathedral Square covered in snow towards the Regent Theatre.
On the 13 July 1945 there was a howling North West gale and the next morning the City of Christchurch and the Canterbury Province woke up to three feet of snow. Schools were closed for a week and the...
Gilberthorpe cottage on Gilberthorpes Road in the snow.
A group of unidentified women sitting, standing, and playing in the snow.
Eleven unidentified women sitting, standing, and playing in the snow in front of the Girls Training Centre (Burwood) building.
Chicken coops and a weatherboard building surrounded by snow at Frank and Fred Vinicombe’s poultry farm in Shirley.
The weatherboard homestead on Frank and Fred’s poultry farm, surrounded by snow.
Frank Vinicombe walking two dogs in the snow, outside an unidentified brick building.
A group of unidentified women having a snow fight.
Margaret Vinicombe walking in front of the homestead in New Brighton Road, in the snow.
Two sheds in the backyard of the Vinicombe homestead on New Brighton Road, surrounded by snow. Burwood Park is visible in background.
Side of the Vinicombe homestead in the snow.
Back of the Vinicombe homestead in the snow.
Front of the Vinicombe homestead in the snow.
Two snowmen wearing hats on a bench.