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Thomas Marker competing in bike race

1880s?

My great grandfather Thomas Marker (second from left) competing in bike race in Christchurch.

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Contributor: Flora Marker

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Market Square

1880s

A lantern slide of Market Square. app. 1880s

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - North

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Flooding by the Canterbury Provincial Council buildings

Circa 1885

Looking across the swollen river to the Canterbury Provincial Council buildings. Seen are the Provincial Council chamber and Bellamy's.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - North

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John Andersons foundry and the new Post Office

Circa 1875

Two sets of photographs of central Christchurch. No.1 is of John Anderson's Foundry on Cashel Street in 1870. No.2 is of the new central Post Office in Cathedral Square in c1877.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

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Canterbury Rowing Club clubhouse

1880s

People outside the original Canterbury Rowing Club clubhouse on the Avon River at Oxford Terrace near the corner of Kilmore Street and Fitzgerald Avenue.
Contributor's note: "The club was established in 1861."

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - Northeast

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The Price family c 1897

c 1897

Portrait of the Price family at their Haast Street home.

Back row: Arthur, Albert, Annie, George Hubert, Bill (William).

Middle row: Florrie, Jack (John) & Lucy

Front - Cissie (Emily), Elizabeth (their mother), Arthur Price (their father) Clara. Seated: May Price.

Contributor's note: Arthur Price & Elizabeth Price came to Christchurch in 1863 and had 12 children. Arthur built his own house in Haast Street. This family photo was taken about 1897. Arthur came to Christchurch to work for Reece's Ironmongers (Hardware)."

Creator: Kate49

Area: East / Linwood

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Grummitt & White clothing factory

1898

Grummitt & White Christchurch clothing factory, 113 St. Asaph Street, Christchurch. The business was taken over by Walter Grummitt and Herbert White in 1894. About one hundred people were employed

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - Southwest

Source: Industries of New Zealand, illustrated, p. 95

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Rebecca Mulcock portrait

About 1880s

Studio portrait of Rebecca, daughter of Edward and Thirza Mulcock, of Peveral Place on Mulcocks Road in Flaxton. Photo by Standish & Preece on 218 High Street, Christchurch.

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South

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Central Christchurch streets

1875

Two sets of photographs of central Christchurch. No 1. is of High Street from the City Hotel corner. No 2. is the corner of Worcester and Cambridge Terrace with the exterior of McPherson's Aerated Water Manufactory.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - South

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Looking south towards the Port Hills from Cathedral Square

Circa 1890s

View from the spire of ChristChurch Cathedral looking south down Colombo Street to the Port Hills. Horse and carts are lined up in the Square.

Area: Central City / Cathedral Square

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Source: Kathryn Clarke

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Looking east from Cathedral Square

Circa 1885

View from behind ChristChurch Cathedral looking east along Worcester Street towards Manchester Street.
To the left is the shed for steam trams on the site of the Government buildings; the New Zealand Wool Store, now incorporated in the Transport Board's sheds; Trinity Congregational Church; St Paul's Church, and between these two churches Collins's Hotel. Just beyond the hotel is the Church of St John. Opposite St John's is Latimer Square.

Creator: Christchurch Star

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - East

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