Photograph of an original SARGOOD, SON & EWEN 1886 calendar.
Showing swimming pool and greenhouse built by Neville Holt. The green house was built, then the building permit was applied for retrospectively. Neville Attwood Holt was one of the original founders...
I grew up in McCormacks Bay. It was a great place for children with the estuary which we swam in, the hills to climb and we were always outside. I remember the fish in the estuary. I remember the...
My elegant friend, Terry, at the entrance to her upmarket op shop/boutique, 'Deja Vu' in Leinster House, Merivale.
My grandmother and her friends having fun at their holiday house at Kairaki Beach. Five photos from a photograph album. My grandmother Eva Grace Dutch who married Charles Edwin Featherstone. The main...
The Gothic Church in Sydenham (corner of Colombo & Brougham Streets) sustained damage during the February earthquake, and was demolished without permission from the Trust. An amusing installation of...
The futuristic bus lounge of the old central bus exchange, now demolished after the quakes.
We just came to New Zealand at the end of the last year. We found the best place for us to enjoy always is the Hagley park located in Christchurch city. This is a photograph I have taken when my...
Service Car leaving David Crozier's, a well known motor dealership at 49-59 Worcester St. Now the site of the art gallery.
My grandmother and her friends having fun at their holiday house at Kairaki Beach. Five photos from a photograph album.
Looking north along Colombo Street taken from the Anglican Cathedral tower balcony. Highly Commended entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.
Taken on the construction of what is now Rendezvous Hotel,
Another view of pre earthquake Christchurch.
Swimming in Corsair Bay around 1915 with Diamond Harbour in the background. The Lyttelton Museum advise that the fences were installed to protect swimmers, particularly ladies and children, from shark...
Victoria Square by night, with statue of Queen Victoria. Looking at the Armagh Street frontage of Hay's department store that evolved into Farmers, then was later demolished for an apartment building...
Start of the Lady Wigram car race at Wigram airfield, complete with boxes and ladders for elevated viewing
One of the first post-earthquake graffiti, posted on a still standing wall on Manchester Street. It was a comment on the anxiety we were all feeling with the numerous aftershocks....
Ghost sign at what was then SOL (South of Lichfield) Square on exterior wall of His Lordship's Cafe and Bar. Marks the previous location of His Lordships Hotel and Larder (built 1885).
Ghost sign on the side of a building at 135 Gloucester St. Sign reads : Save with northern terminating top ballots Northern-United top returns.
Ghost sign for "motor car painting / duco spraying / general repair dents removed" exposed due to neighbouring demolition work. Looking across to The Civic on Manchester St, this would have been taken...
St Albans Community Centre, formerly St Albans Public Library, 1047 Colombo Street. This building suffered earthquake damage and was later demolished.
1976 Telethon - Civic Theatre - TV2 / South Pacific TV. St John Telethon. Venue for many television programmes such as "A week of it", "Opportunity knocks", "Touch of Country".
The Cenotaph, Cathedral Square, 1980s
Mural on the Esplanade Tavern, New Brighton.