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Site for Canterbury Public Library

12 June 1979

View of the site for the Canterbury Public Library during the ...

Drilling the foundations for Canterbury Public Library

22 March 1978

A drilling rig starting to establish the foundations for the new ...

Canterbury Public Library model

24 February 1979

A scale model under construction of the design for the new ...

Canterbury Public Library model

3 April 1979

A scale model of the design for the new Canterbury Public ...

Canterbury Timber Stockpile Company yard

31 July 1976

Canterbury Timber Stockpile Company yard at Harewood.

Chords of firewood

23 May 1977

Bill Crossen, with son, Simon, and a stack of firewood outside ...

Wood collection at Burwood plantation

6 August 1977

People collecting wood at the Burwood plantation.

Pine forest clearance at Victoria Park

27 November 1976

Clearing of pine forest at Victoria Park.

Saw millers' protest in Cathedral Square

4 August 1977

West Coast saw millers protesting in Cathedral Square to retain ...

Aerial view of McVicar Timber Ltd

25 February 1975

McVicar Timber Ltd in Johns Road, seen from the air.

Addington Timber Company

5 March 1970

Timber portals in production which will form part of the new ...

South Island shaped cake

9 July 1979

Cake shaped like the South Island to mark twenty years of ...

Fletcher employees

1 November 1977

Longest serving Fletcher employees. Pictured are, standing left ...

A traction engine powered saw mill

20 October 1979

A saw mill powered by a Clayton and Shuttleworth traction engine ...

Lallie Eaves driving a traction engine

20 October 1979

Lallie Eaves driving a traction engine on her families land at ...

Timber sorting table

25 February 1975

Murray McGregor (left) and Edwin Cross sat on the largest timber ...

Fibreboard Containers Ltd's new Hornby plant

15 January 1979

An architect's impression of Fibreboard Containers Ltd's new ...

Fletchers Mandeville Street factory

8 March 1975

Preparation of logs for veneering at Fletchers Mandeville Street ...

Twins club members

17 February 1977

Val Berwick and Lynne Ellis with their sets of twins.Mrs Val ...

Centrepoint, a club for women

22 January 1977

Exterior of the former Plaza Theatre due to be converted into a ...

Garden City Shoes

28 February 1973

Exterior of the newly opened premises of Garden City Shoes on ...

The Duckworth Turner factory

6 April 1979

Exterior of the Duckworth Turner factory on Roydvale Avenue.

High altitude boots

17 October 1962

Close-up of a pair of high altitude boots identical to those ...

Watties factory at Hornby

17 October 1970

The new J. Wattie Canneries Ltd vegetable processing factory at ...

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