Tanner Bros Ltd: Souvenir folder of Christchurch, N.Z. Published by Tanner Bros Ltd, Wellington New Zealand & London. [Black and white folder. ca 1917?]

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.