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Bowker Fountain, Victoria Square

7 January 1948

A worker cleaning the Bowker Fountain in Victoria Square looking ...

Bowker Fountain and Cook statue

11 December 1941

The Bowker Fountain and statue of Captain James Cook in Victoria ...

Okains Bay bullock team

31 January 1979

Bullock procession as part of the Waitangi Day celebratory trek ...

Balloons for Hiroshima Day

6 August 1976

People releasing balloons for Hiroshima Day in Cathedral Square.

Run for education

8 July 1980

Tertiary students in Cathedral Square for the "run for ...

Shrove Tuesday pancake race cyclist

16 February 1972

Valerie Marshall cycling while competing in the Shrove Tuesday ...

Queen's Birthday Parade

6 June 1966

Mayor, George Manning (left), Brigadier T. C. Campbell and ...

Guard of honour for Queen's Birthday parade

7 June 1965

Mayor George Manning inspects the guard of honour during the ...

Teachers College student protest

4 May 1976

Christchurch Teachers College students in Cathedral Square ...

Teachers' protest in Victoria Square

c1990s

View of a teachers' protest in Victoria Square looking along ...

Shrove Tuesday pancake toss

13 February 1991

Erolia Ifopo (left) and Liz Sugrue of the Performing Arts ...

Des McDonald celebrating St Patrick's Day

17 March 1990

Des McDonald celebrating St Patrick's Day at Warner Hotel, ...

Kay Hallissey Irish School of Dancing

17 March 1990

Patrick Thornley and Donna Brady of the Kay Hallissey Irish ...

Mini-mini-micro bike

17 February 1969

Stuart McLean riding his mini-mini-micro bike up Colombo Street ...

Monaco dance hall

28 September 1968

Mural by Bill Hammond in the Monaco dance hall, Chancery Lane.

Scott statue park

11 April 1960

The park with the Scott statue on the corner of Worcester Street ...

St Patrick's Day at Warners Hotel

17 March 1988

St Patrick's Day celebration at the Cork 'n' Kerry bar at ...

St George's Day celebration

24 April 1987

North Beach Primary School pupils celebrating St George's Day in ...

St George's Day celebration

24 April 1987

North Beach Primary School pupils celebrating St George's Day in ...

Celebrating the shortest day of the year

23 June 1984

University of Canterbury students Leah Kininmonth, Sarah ...

Gas leak in Chancery Lane

31 July 1972

A Gas Company workman digging down to to a gas leak in Chancery ...

Christchurch Gas Company showroom

1 May 1972

Modern gas cookers in the showrooms at the Christchurch Gas ...

Early Christchurch Gas Company stove

27 May 1966

One of the earliest stoves manufactured by the Christchurch Gas ...

Vacation Hotel

3 March 1979

Vacation Hotel on Colombo Street with the Cook statue in ...

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