World War One memorial archway at the east end of the Cashel Street Bridge (built 1873) over the Avon River, Christchurch. Designed by William Gummer, of Prouse and Gummer. The memorial was unveiled on Armstice Day 11 November 1924.
The bridge was closed to motorised traffic in 1976. Damaged in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Strengthened and repaired 2013-2015, reopening to the public in April 2016.
Registered as a Heritage New Zealand category I structure no. 289.
Date: [Circa 1929-1939]
From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India
By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)
Reference: PA1-o-112
Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm
Date: 1940 - 1949
From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Christchurch as a tourist destination. 1900-1959]
By: Woolworth's (New Zealand) Ltd. Christchurch Branch
Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Christchurch-1940s-01
Description: Small envelope containing eight black and white tourist photographs of Christchurch locations: Rose garden Rolleston Avenue Cathedral Square Avon River Bank Bowker Fountain at night Bridge of Remembrance Scott Memorial Waterfront, Lyttelton Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 8 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographs inside colour printed envelope 88 x 110 mm. Provenance: Donated by Bob and Alison Stephens, Wellington, 2009. Alison Stephens was great-niece to Bill and Ruby Hall. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PAColl-9501 - Material of the same provenance is housed at PAColl-9501..
Date: ca 1920s-1930s
By: Hall, Beth, active 2003
Reference: PAColl-7846
Description: Tourist photographs of Dunedin, Hastings, Christchurch and Featherston, taken ca 1920s-1930s. Includes views of main streets, buildings, aerial views, parks and memorials. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: [ca 1939-1945]
By: Tikao, George Waitai Tama, 1933-
Reference: PAColl-10203
Description: Photograph of members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force on parade in Christchurch, taken circa 1939-1945 by an unidentified photographer. Includes John Charles Tamanuiarangi Tikao. The Bridge of Remembrance is visible in the background. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by George Tikao, Christchurch, 2014
Date: January 1972
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 35mm-103664
Description: Negative film strip contains five frames numbered 34 to 38. Frames 34 and 35 show the exterior of Haywrights with a large Father Christmas statue decorating the entranceway canopy. Frames 36 to 38 show the Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street. Related index card reads: Landscape. Memorials around Christchurch, January 1972. Bridge of Remembrance, John Robert Godley, Cathedral War Memorial, Captain Scott, Queen Victoria. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip. Physical Description: 35 mm negative film strip Transfers: Negatives at 35mm-103661 to 35mm-103664 were originally delivered in a single enclosure labelled 15-100x..
Date: 1930 - 1949
By: Pencilprint (Firm)
Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-Pencilprint
Description: Three cards depicting sketches of scenic views of New Zealand: Mitre Peak, Mount Egmont, and the Bridge of Remembrance (2 copies of this last) Quantity: 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on greeting cards. Physical Description: Offset print on cards, 98 x 148 mm. Provenance: Purchased with Nathan family papers, from David J Holmes Autographs, USA, in 2003.
Date: [Between 1920s and 1930s]
By: New Zealand Railways
Reference: Pa1-f-053
Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways, chiefly taken circa 1936, by unidentified photographers. The main sequences cover views in the Christchurch area, the Southern Alps and West Coast in the South Island; and Gisborne, East Cape, and Taranaki in the North Island. Many of the images were used in the New Zealand Railway Magazine which is available in full-text on the internet at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-railways.html Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled Tours, Book 4; 39 x 59 cm
Date: ca1930
From: Gibbens, Ken :Photographs of New Zealand, Australia, California, Hawaii, Samoa and Fiji
By: Gibbens, Ken, active 1920s-
Reference: PA1-o-835
Description: Record of a trip through New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Date: 20 Apr 1950
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-24516-G
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Date: 13 October 2011
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-001660
Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 13 October 2011 showing people viewing and flowers a the memorial on the Bridge of Remembrance; and demolition of the Library Chambers (former Canterbury Public Library) and a worker in Cathedral Square. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 16 - Oct 13-16 2011/Oct 13 - City" Quantity: 12 digital photograph(s).
Date: 9 October 2011
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-001659
Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 9 October 2011 showing images taken in Christchurch City and the eastern suburbs. Images taken in the city include: memorial decorations (including a photographs of a young boy) and people at the Bridge of Remembrance, Establishment Apartments under demolition, Peterborough Street, Rose Historic Chapel, a digger at St Luke's church, the city as seen from Overdale Drive, Cashmere, and a panoramic photograph of the city skyline. Images taken in the eastern suburbs show: sand volcanoes, liquefaction damage, cracks in driveway, and ground fissures at Seabreeze Close, Orari Street, Locksley Avenue, and Otakoro Place, Bexley. Images taken in Avonside and the Avon loop show: Anzac Drive bridge, deep fissures in the earth, houses (including 392 Oxford Terrace, the home of Elsie and Jack Locke) and a motel on Oxford Terrace, and demolition at Holy Trinity Avonside Anglican Church. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 15 - Oct 06-09 2011/Oct 09 - City-Eastern Suburbs-Avonside-Avon Loop" Quantity: 98 digital photograph(s).
Date: 4 September 2011
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-001647
Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken by Ross Becker on 4 September 2011 in the Cashmere Hills, and Christchurch City CBD areas. Images taken in Cashmere show the damaged Cashmere Hills Presbyterian Church, a digger and truck at site of the Anglican Church, a view of the city from Overdale Drive, families cycling on Cashmere Road, and the closed Sign of the Takahe building. Images taken at The Big Hug event in the Botanical Gardens to commemorate the first anniversary of September 4 2010 show people hugging, pipe band, busker with recorder, the organising team. Images taken in Christchurch City show: Hotel Grand Chancellor, Bridge of Remembrance, memorials on the cordon fence, Clarendon Tower, demolition of Old City Library in Cambridge Terrace, damaged old Municipal Council Chambers in Worcester Street, Gloucester Street, and damaged Provincial Chambers, Durham Street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "CEQ 13 - Sept 03-06 2011/Sept 04 - Takahe, city, big hug" Quantity: 74 digital photograph(s).
Date: 11 Dec 2011
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000656
Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 11 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Particularly of the Cathedral Walk. Shows people shopping, street entertainers, and the Christchurch Wizard in the newly reopened Cashel Mall with its refurbished shipping containers as shops. Also shows people walking outside the fenced red zone taking photographs of the damaged and demolished buildings, and CERA notices on the fences of which buildings will remain. Also shows the Christchurch Cathedral with its stablizing scaffolding in front of the main entrance. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Dec 11 Cathedral walk" Quantity: 165 digital photograph(s).
Date: Jul 1947
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-08541-F
Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative ¼ plate
Date: 25 Feb 2012
From: McMahon, Seán John Daniel, 1961- :Photographs
Reference: PADL-000668
Description: Photographs of central Christchurch after the 2010-2012 earthquakes taken 25 February 2012 by Sean McMahon. Locations are chiefly Manchester, Saint Asaph, Cashel, Columbo and Lichfield Streets, and the Bridge of Remembrance. Images show fencing around areas closed to the public, damaged and collapsed commercial buildings, cleared sites, re-opened Cashel Street area with shops and a cafe. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 34 digital photograph(s).
Date: [ca 1920]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-017637-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Date: 1920
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008478-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Date: [ca 1924]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-017638-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Date: [ca 1920]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008793-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Date: [ca 1924]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-017639-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.