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C.J.'s Music Store Yamaha Rock Quest '89

3 August 1989

Members of the Hornby High School Band Outer Control, with their ...

Cathedral Square

Circa 1990s

View across Cathedral Square from the South towards ChristChurch ...

Post Office building decorations

4 December 1941

View of the clock tower on the Post Office building in Cathedral ...

Post Office telegraph department delivery staff

3 October 1960

Delivery staff for the Post Office telegraph department , David ...

Tony Riley at the New Zealand Post Office

28 April 1993

Tony Riley working in the mail room at the Post Office with his ...

Telephone Exchange, Christchurch Post Office

9 December 1941

A man stood using the telephone exchange in the Christchurch ...

Selection of car number plates

30 May 1961

Mr F. G. Adams, of the motor registration Department of the New ...

Counting money at the Post Office

31 June 1961

Mr A. McKenzie (left) and D. H. Dunn counting pounds sterling ...

Demonstration of telephone Courtesy Campaign, Post Office

8 September 1961

Three female toll operators posing at work on the toll board as ...

Punks in front of ChristChurch Cathedral

7 June 1986

A group of punk rockers sat on the steps in Cathedral Square ...

Association of Anglican Women, members

17 April 1986

Group shot of Association of Anglican Women members celebrating ...

Telephone directory collection

23 November 1976

Helen Mitchell (left) and Lorraine Barrett with piles of Telecom ...

Bagpipe player at the start of City to Surf

19 March 1977

Dave Parker, a Christchurch taxi driver and bagpipe player ...

Whitcoull's team support vehicle, City to Surf

19 March 1977

A man dressed as a clown sat on a bicycle acting as the support ...

City to Surf participant with a sulky

19 March 1977

Rod Lange running and pulling his two daughters, Michelle and ...

The crowd at the start of City to Surf

19 March 1977

A large crowd of people gathering in Cathedral Square preparing ...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid with the Ranfurly Shield

2 May 1970

Two students from the University of Canterbury dressed as Butch ...

Capping procession through central Christchurch

27 April 1978

Students participating in the capping procession on Oxford ...

University of Canterbury students, liquorice eating race

4 May 1971

Group of University of Canterbury students in Cathedral Square, ...

CHTV3 Christchurch Commonwealth Games studio

24 January 1974

Interior of the CHTV3 studio in Christchurch, designed for ...

Canterbury rugby team victory parade

7 September 1994

Two photographs of the Canterbury rugby team victory parade in ...

Colombo Street looking south towards Cathedral Square

Circa 1950

Colombo Street, Christchurch looking south towards Cathedral ...

Tūranga, under construction, 2017

3 December 2017

View across Cathedral Square showing the new library building, ...

St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church

29 August 2015

Exterior of St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church at 21 Church ...

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