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Weaving machine, Millers Limited display at the Industries Fair

19 August 1971

A weaving machine at the Millers Limited display at the ...

Millers Limited exhibition at the Industries Fair

30 August 1971

E. Carlton operates an automatic loom at the Millers Limited ...

Brush making machine

30 August 1971

Demonstration of a brush making machine by I. Pullar at the ...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car

6 September 1971

Penny Haslemore, 12, with the car used in the film, Chitty ...

Confiscated crayfish traps

18 June 1971

Confiscated crayfish traps being unloaded at Lyttelton from ...

White Star Motor Inn

24 November 1971

Exterior view of the White Star Motor Inn after completion but ...

Largest spun concrete pipes in New Zealand

12 June 1970

Spun concrete pipes, the largest made in New Zealand, to be ...

Meccano Club robot at Industries Fair

22 August 1970

David Gilbert, of the Christchurch Meccano Club, with Charlie ...

Avon Motor Lodge

6 December 1969

The Avon Motor Lodge at 356 Oxford Terrace as seen from the ...

Lion tamer, Charlie Ridgeway

29 August 1967

Charlie Ridgeway junior with a lion at the Industries Fair at ...

North Hagley Park motorway

15 January 1966

Aerial photograph of North Hagley Park showing the proposed ...

Glenmore Brick and Tile Works

26 June 1964

Trucks being loaded with bricks at Glenmore Brick and Tile Works ...

Marine Department measuring fish

21 November 1961

T.B. Gorman, Marine Department fisheries inspector at Lyttelton ...

Linen flax factory

22 September 1960

Stacks of retted straw in the fields by a linen flax factory ...

Iain Sim of Linwood New World

15 August 1990

Iain Sim, owner of Linwood New World, standing on the median ...

Flood at Woolworths Shirley

19 May 1989

Staff at Woolworths Shirley cleaning up after a flood caused by ...

Employment service

23 July 1988

The foyer of the New Zealand Employment Services in the central ...

Judy Kennedy, deli manager

11 May 1988

Judy Kennedy, the delicatessen manageress with the cheese ...

Cloverlea products at Sydenham Superbarn

1 March 1988

Sydenham Superbarn supermarket manager, Tom Dear, with a display ...

Angus Tait of Tait Electronics

12 March 1987

Angus Tait, managing director of Tait Electronics with the ...

Printing at Caxton Press

8 December 1987

Printing presses at Caxton Press at 113 Victoria Street.

Checkout operator at Northlands SuperValue

5 September 1983

Bar code scanners at the checkouts at Northlands SuperValue ...

Siamese cat with health stamps

4 August 1983

Bunyarra Trinity, a lilac point Siamese, with her owner Mrs ...

Geoff Stone with Bedford Lucas electric van

2 September 1981

Councillor Geoff Stone with a Bedford Lucas electric van outside ...

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