Walsh family vehicles, boat aground at Sumner and holiday at Wainui

Possibly 1937

Walsh family vehicles, boat aground at Sumner and holiday at Wainui

Possibly 1937

Page 59 of photograph album. Views of Walsh family cars and motorcycles, trawler, The Muriel, beached at Sumner and a family holiday snap at Wainui.

[Top left] A car parked on the street outside residential houses. Caption: Alex's car.

[Top centre] Jack Walsh, seated stationary on his sidecar motorcycle. Caption: Jacks motorcycle.

[Top right] Colin and Eddie Walsh's cars, parked on on a residential street. Caption: Colin's & Eddie's cars.

[Bottom left] The trawler, Muriel, stranded on Sumner Beach. Children can be seen playing in the water around the boat. Caption: The Muriel Hard on.

[Bottom centre] Children playing in the shallows of Sumner Beach near where the Muriel trawler has run aground. Caption: Trawler Muriel on Sumner Beach Xmas 1937.

[Bottom right] Colin Walsh sitting on a rock in the water at Wainui. Caption: Colin at Wainui.

Contributors note: "The photographs in the album were taken by my father, Edward (Eddie) Walsh."

Creator: Eddie Walsh

Contributor: Walsh Family

Source: Entry in the 2025 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt.

Reference ID: CCL-PH25-2060

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

Copyright status: Out of copyright

No known copyright

This material has been provided for private study purposes (such as school projects, family and local history research) and any published reproduction (print or electronic) may infringe copyright law. Please contact Christchurch City Libraries if you have any questions relating to the use of this material or wish to order a hi resolution copy for commercial purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain clearance from the copyright holder.

Comments

Add a comment
Thank you. Your comment has been saved and queued for moderation.

Report this entry

Please enter your details and we'll contact you for more information.

Thank you for your report

More from the same area

Circus by Christchurch Airport

17 March 2018

Entrance to a Weber Bros circus by Christchurch Airport lit up ...

Control Tower at Christchurch Airport

17 March 2018

The Control Tower at Christchurch International Airport lit up ...

Christchurch Air Force Memorial

2018

View of the Christchurch Air Force Memorial at Spitfire Square ...

The Malthouse Canterbury Children's Theatre & Malthouse Costumes

2018

Exterior of The Malthouse Canterbury Children's Theatre & ...

The Groynes

2018

View of river and trees at The Groynes park in Northwood.

Hoyts Cinema under construction

2018

Central city Hoyts cinema, Hoyts Entx, complex under ...

Greening the Rubble

2018

Greening the Rubble car with plants growing inside as part of a ...

Justice precinct

2018

Exterior of the Justice precinct building at 20 Lichfield Street ...

Deloitte building on Cambridge Terrace

23 June 2018

Exterior of the Deloitte building on the corner of Cambridge ...

The new strip on Oxford Terrace

2018

Exterior of a newly built building at the end of the strip on ...

The new strip on Oxford Terrace

2018

Exterior of new buildings along Oxford Terrace in the central ...

BDO building

2018

Exterior of the BDO building on the corner of Durham Street ...

Manaia sculpture

2018

Manaia sculpture on High Street in the central city.

Snowman

16 August 2011

Pallet Pavilion

13 February 2014

The Pallet Pavilion was an inventive GapFiller project designed ...

Robert Falcon Scott Memorial statue reinstatement

6 October 2017

View of crowds gathered for the reinstatement of the Robert ...

Snow - Arts Centre

25 July 2011

Army in New Brighton

26 February 2011

Army in New Brighton

26 February 2011

Search/Browse the collection