Grocery trade - New Zealand - Canterbury Region
Low, David Alexander Cecil, 1891-1963 :Best butter. 1906
Date: 1906
From: Low, David 1891-1963 :Caricatures and cartoons [ca 1905-1916]
Reference: B-025-017
Description: A shop counter with the grocer standing behind it, his arms folded. Behind him is signed 'Best butter one shilling'. In front of the counter are a man in a top hat and a bentwood chair Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 211 x 187 mm
Artist unknown :City Hotel block (end of fifties) [1949]
Date: 1858 - 1859
Reference: A-163-010
Description: A schematic drawing of the triangle at the junction of High Street and Colombo Street, ca 1859, and the position and names of the shops at that point. They were Raphael, first pawnshop in High Street, then facing the triangle (a cab stand) are Ruddenklau pie shop, Eales eating house, Hossack grocer and Ruddenklau, beer licensee. At the corner of Colombo Street is a further building, unnamed The original for plate 155, p. 270, In: Andersen, J C. Old Christchurch, 1949 Other Titles - Christchurch, end of 1850s Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 6.4 x 7.4 in
Interior of the grocery store belonging to R M Harris in Sydenham, Christchurch
Date: 1890s-1920s
From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007488-G
Description: Interior of the grocery store belonging to R M Harris, in Sydenham, Christchurch, photographed by Samuel Heath Head, circa 1900-1920. A man and a woman stand behind the counter. Two (customers?) wait alongside. Socks, skeins of wool, flags, Lifebuoy soap, Bournville cocoa, and numerous other items are for sale. Produce is stacked high up on shelves behind the counter. Posters advertise Rex Luncheon Cheese, Bensdorp Cocoa and Radium Polishes. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative