Streets - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: 1944

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: B-061-016

Description: A view of an empty section with a group of large trees to the right, and broken down paling fences with houses across a street Title from verso Inscriptions: Signed: Douglas MacDiarmid Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 325 x 470 mm Provenance: Donation: D K MacDiarmid, Paris, 17 Aug 1977

Date: 1951 - 1959

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0634

Description: An arrangement of eleven photographs looking down on Cathedral Square in all directions, probably taken from the Cathedral spire. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Collaged photographs, on sheet 507 x 663 mm.

Date: 1862 - 1895

By: Raven, John (Rev), 1821-1886; Wilson, F C, active 1895; Raven family

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbd/1862-1895/Acc.39353

Description: Cadastral map of numbered sections with some acreages, boundary measurements bounded by roads named Rangiora, Woodend and North, in Christchurch. Includes details of some sections marked as mill allotment, school allotment and a church. Other notes on the photocopy are indecipherable. Title supplied by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 43.9 x 37.2 cm. on sheet 61 x 46 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Raven family papers 1862-1895 MS Group 27.

Date: 1862 - 1895

By: Raven, John (Rev), 1821-1886; McIntyre & Lewis (Firm); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbd/1862-1895/Acc.39355

Description: Cadastral map of numbered sections with acreages and boundary measurements bounded by Gloucester, Worcester and Montreal streets in Christchurch. Includes details of four sections marked as sold. Owners' names are indecipherable on the photocopy. Note at bottom of map states: Measurements are in feet and inches Printed on bottom right of map: Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 44.7 x 47.4 cm. on sheet 46 x 60.9 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Raven family papers 1862-1895 MS Group 27.

Date: [ca 1955-1959]

From: Cobeldick, Trevor Murray, 1946-: Collected papers and photographs

By: Browne, Victor Carlyle, 1900-1979

Reference: PAColl-9784

Description: Aerial views of Christchurch, taken ca late 1950s by V C Browne. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0206

Description: Cashel Street, Christchurch New Zealand, published by Tanner Bros. Ltd, Wellington and London ca 1910-1913. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) (sepia). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 138 mm

Date: 1862 - 1895

By: Raven, John (Rev), 1821-1886

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbd/1862-1895/Acc.39352

Description: Cadastral map of forty numbered sections bounded by Antigua, Gloucester, Worcester and Montreal Streets, Christchurch, with boundary measurements. Includes back roads and a reserve road. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 61 x 46 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Raven family papers 1862-1895 MS Group 27.

Date: 1862 - 1895

By: Raven, John (Rev), 1821-1886

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbd/1862-1895/Acc.39347

Description: Cadastral map of sections bounded by Sherman, Queen and Glasgow streets, Linwood, Christchurch, showing numbered sections, which include the names: Harris, Raven, Grant. Also shows a school reserve (1645), and two new streets. Note under map reads 'Quantity of land taken 4 1/2 perches'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 43 x 56.2 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Raven family papers 1862-1895 MS Group 27.

Date: [1900s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-1620

Description: Burton Brothers album 'Land of Loveliness: New Zealand". Inclues views of Lyttelton, Sumner, Rakaia (showing Rakaia Butchery & Bakery of A. Chamberlain est 1873), Fendalton, Avon and New Brighton. Also shows a street view of an unknown township with Victoria House, Dimant & Coe, general drapers and clothing store. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 13 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Purchase, 2000

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0198

Description: Worcester Street Christchurch New Zealand looking west, showing Royal Cafe on the corner, taken ca 1910-1913. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 139 mm

Date: 1948

By: Fuller Brothers (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-LOCAL-Christchurch-1948-01

Description: A chart listing in alphabetical order 117 streets whose names were to be changed, and giving their new names as from 1 September 1948. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 510 x 191 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 2015.

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-387-106

Description: Shows two frames illustrating unrelated topics. It appears that a third frame has been cut from the page. The first frame is about widening Colombo Street in Christchurch. It shows a widened street that is almost like a tunnel, because the upper stories of each building have not been moved back in line with the bottom stories. The second frame shows a man attempting to help his son with his maths homework Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and white corrector on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1917-1918

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Christchurch as a tourist destination. 1900-1959]

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Christchurch-1917-02

Description: Souvenir booklet showing colour photographs of Christchurch scenes: Front cover: Bird's eye view of part of Cathedral Square; inset photo with space for the address of recipient. Decorative Maori motif border, and additional decorative elements: hei tiki ferns and Maori spears. Back cover: In the Gardens [shows fountain], Christchurch NZ Colombo Street from River Avon In the Square (shows Barnett & Co., chemists) Victoria Square [with band rotunda], Christchurch NZ The Cathderal, Christchurch NZ In the Gardens [shows pond], Christchurch NZ Kiosk, Botanical Gardens, Christchurch NZ Canterbury College, Christchurch NZ The Rosary, Botanical Gardens, Christchurch NZ The Rosary, Botanical Gardens, Christchurch NZ Capt Scott monument, Christchurch NZ In the Gardens, Christchurch NZ River Avon, Christchurch NZ Railway Station, Christchurch NZ Post Office, Christchurch NZ Avon River, Christchurch NZ Sumner, Christchurch NZ Cathedral Square, Christchurch NZ Cathedral Square, Christchurch NZ Lyttelton, NZ Avon River, Christchurch NZ Date estimated as 1917 or soon thereafter. The Robert Falcon Scott statue made by Kathleen Scott, shown on one of the pages, was unveiled on 9 February 1917. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet wallet of 20 pages, 108 x 158 mm. Provenance: Donated by Leesa Kotis, Australia, in 2017, from the collection of her father, Colin Wesley Tipping.

Date: 2013 - 2014

By: Holden, Julia, active 2014

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARD-Holden-2013/2014

Description: Includes 6 smaller postcards published in 2013, and 10 larger postcards published in 2014. Each card shows a landscape of a central scene, serenely painted but depicting a scene of repair, or the devastation caused by the 2011 earthquakes. There are no people in the scenes. Includes pictures of Christchurch Cathedral, the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, C F Cotter's shop, boarded-up houses, Neil Dawson's chalice sculpture, empty shops, stacked shipping containers acting as safety shields, one (shown on two different cards) with a reproduction of a Tony Fomison painting of a man with a raised hand. The "wish you were here" message is a common one on tourism postcards, but in this case it is related to the idea that the rest of New Zealand would need to visit Christchurch to appreciate fully the damage to the city and its inhabitants' psychological state. Two copies of the 2014 set. Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints, 120 x 170 mm (2013 set); and 110 x 210 mm (2014 set). Provenance: Donated by Julia Holden, Christchurch, in 2014.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1463-F

Description: Panoramic view of a two-storeyed stone block building in Art Deco style, on a street corner. Exporters of frozen meats, wools pelts, hides, etc. Six bicycles leaning against the fence outside. Hotel Occidental is next door on the right, and the NZ Express building is on the far right. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Title from writing on negative. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Olliviers Buildings. ChCh. Sample; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 109.8 cm

Date: 1916 - 1920

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Timaru-1916-01

Description: A booklet, designed for mailing with a space on the front cover for an address, including 16 coloured photographs of Caroline Bay, Dominion and Hydro Grand hotels, the Gardens, Stafford Street, Tennis Courts, the Catholic Church, Marine Parade, the Anglican Church, Alexandra Square, and the lake in the Gardens. The borders of the cover show a "carved" Maori motif. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 79 x 106 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Old Imprints, Portland, Oregon, in 2014.

Date: 1995

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-18

Description: Photographs of buildings, some taken individually, and others as parts of streets, in Timaru. Quantity: 37 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0202

Description: Shows High Street, Christchurch, looking south. Street and buildings covered in snow. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 85 x 135 mm

Date: Between 1910-1913

By: Fergusson Ltd

Reference: PA5-0253

Description: Main Street, New Brighton NZ. published by Fergusson Limited, ca 1910-1913. Verso addressed to Miss Mrs A Grimwood ... Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 137 mm

Date: 1949 - 1851 - 1859

Reference: A-163-006

Description: The buildings of early Cashel Street at the corner of Durham Street Extended Title - Reproduced as plate 225, p. 396 in: Andersen, J C. Old Christchurch. 1949. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen tracing cloth, 110 x 215 mm