Places

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-076

Description: Birdseye view of the city from the cathedral spire looking down at Cathedral Square to the Post Office building. Horse-drawn carts and carriages can be seen in the square below. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: ca 1880s

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-004704-F

Description: Cathedral Square, Christchurch showing the cathedral in the centre and the Post Office on the right with horses and carts in the foreground ca 1880s. Photographer was Wheeler & Son. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1879

By: Rolfe, W (Mrs), active 1981

Reference: PAColl-0259

Description: Views of Cathedral Square and Worcester Street, Christchurch Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1977

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Large works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: C-127-049

Description: A side view of the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, with the Regent Theatre in the background to the right The Christchurch Chief Post Office (in Cathedral Square) was designed by architect P. F. M. Burrows No. 15, p. 114 in Margaret Taylor's listing of the collection Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and edition number. Signature bottom right [both in pencil, in the artist's hand] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Linocut, coloured, 396 x 579 mm

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: PAColl-5197

Description: Two views of Cathedral Square taken from the Cathedral. One shows the Strand Theatre and the Post Office with trams passing in front of them and the other looking down Worcester Street with the offices of McKenzie & Willis, auctioneers and land agents on the left. Photographer possibly W W Stewart, as written on the reverse of one of the file prints. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002337 and 002338 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1977

From: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994 :[Large works on paper. 1920s-1990s]

By: Mayo, Eileen Rosemary (Dame), 1906-1994

Reference: C-127-048

Description: A side view of the Chief Post Office, Christchurch, with the Regent Theatre in the background to the right The Christchurch Chief Post Office (in Cathedral Square) was designed by architect P. F. M. Burrows No. 5, p. 114 in Margaret Taylor's listing of the collection Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - x Paper damaged middle left side. Otherwise a good print. Signature, bottom right [both in pencil, in the artist's hand] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Linocut, coloured, 396 x 579 mm

Date: [1896-1899]

Reference: 1/2-031842-F

Description: Cathedral Square in Christchurch, circa 1896-1899, with a cast iron drinking fountain in the foreground. The Post Office, with clock tower, is in the background. Two horse drawn carriages can also been seen. Photograph taken from `Inheritors of a dream: a pictorial history of New Zealand' by Dick Scott. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1914

From: Marks, J M fl 1905 :Photographs of Christchurch and environs, 1890s-1910s

By: Marks, J M, active 1905

Reference: 1/1-000405-G

Description: View of the Central Post Office in Cathedral Square in Christchurch. A horse and cart is standing near the corner of the building, and two unidentified men are standing on the footpath near the entrance. Photograph taken by J Marks, ca 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1920-1926]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047407-G

Description: Christchurch Central Post Office, Cathedral Sqaure, photographed circa 1920-1926 by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows a two storied brick building with a clock and bell tower. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - right of image - SCS C63 GPO Christchurch C63 Box 43 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [early 1920s]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047408-G

Description: Christchurch Post Office and trams, Cathedral Square, early 1920s, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass dry plate negative

Date: 1889

From: Wakefield, Edward 1845-1924 :New Zealand illustrated. The story of New Zealand and descriptions of its cities and towns by Edward Wakefield; also (by various writers) the natural wonders of New Zealand (past and present). Wanganui. A. D. Willis, 1889.

By: Potts, William, 1859-1947; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PUBL-0019-09

Description: An extensive view of the city of Christchurch, taken from the balcony on the spire of Christchurch Cathedral and looking south across Cathedral Square and along Colombo Street towards the Port Hills. Horse-drawn trams and carts are much in evidence in the Square. The building to the left of the entrance to Colombo Street is the Bank of New Zealand. The building to the right is United Service Hotel, with the Chief Post Office on the far right, at the entrance to Worcester Street. Based on a photograph. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 167 x 384 mm

Date: [ca 1917]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-009764-G

Description: Crowd in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, with the Post Office on the right, photographed circa 1917 by a staff photographer for The Press. Occassion unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [192-?]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047406-G

Description: Cathedral Square, Christchurch,circa 1920s, including the Post Office. Photograph taken by S C Smith. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date approximated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative