Victoria Street view

1953

View of Victoria Street looking towards the Victoria Street bridge. Tram lines are visible along the street.

"Central Christchurch - a street view from a 2nd floor window at the time of the Royal visit to Christchurch in the 1950s. Photo taken by my father John Abernethy with colour-slide film and printed from a Kodak transparency." - Contributor's note

Creator: John Louis Abernethy

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - North

Contributor: Yvonne Dixon

Source: Entry in the 2015 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-PH15-043

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License

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

Report this entry

More from the same area

Central Mission Friendship House

Central city buildings

View from the Drainage Board building

Victoria Towers

Former Energycorp Investment offices.

Allan McLean Building

Allan McLean Building

Dominion Mutual Securities building

Peterborough Street buildings

Corner of Colombo and Peterborough streets

View of the central city

Christchurch Drainage Board

Mannering and Associates

Laying concrete for Price Waterhouse building

Buildings on Kilmore Street

Canterbury Surf Life Saving display

Murray Thacker bullock team

Dome in the Theatre Royal

Stairway in the Theatre Royal

Theatre Royal dome detail

Theatre Royal interior

Theatre Royal interior

Theatre Royal