Carriers - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-023902-G

Description: Photograph taken circa 1920 by Adam Henry Pearson on Hereford Street, Christchurch. Shows two New Zealand Express Company trucks with loads of Michelin tyres parked outside two businesses; Andrews, Baty & Company Ltd (left) and New Zealand Express Company (right). Source: From item (1/1-009278-G). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: Description updated 5 April 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/1-023016-G

Description: Two men stand in front of a pantechnicon which is harnessed to two horses. Another man sits in the driving seat holding the reins. The words "FURNITURE VAN" are written in large letters on the side of the pantechnicon. Behind can be seen the premises of the Canterbury Carrying Co which also bears the legend "Yeovil Livery and Bait Stables". Photographer unidentified. Yeovil is the name of a town in Dorset, England, just south west of Sherborne Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/1-023018-G

Description: Two men stand in front of a pantechnicon which is harnessed to two horses. Another man sits in the driving seat holding the reins. The words "FURNITURE VAN" are written in large letters on the side of the pantechnicon. Behind can be seen the premises of the Canterbury Carrying Co which also bears the legend "Yeovil Livery and Bait Stables". Photographer unidentified. Yeovil is the name of a town in Dorset, England, just south west of Sherborne Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1915]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017664-G

Description: Groups in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, attending the Patriotic Bazaar and the Red Cross Shop. J Finnerty's horse and cart are in the foreground. Photograph taken by Henry Wright, circa 1915. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/1-023015-G

Description: A row of men with horse drawn carts outside a brick building labelled "Canterbury Carrying Company" and "Yeovil Livery and Bait Company" at 112 St Asaph Street, Christchurch. Taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative