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Lady Wigram car race

26 January 1957

Start of the Lady Wigram car race at Wigram airfield, complete ...

Victoria Square by Night

18 August 1959

Victoria Square by night, with statue of Queen Victoria. Looking ...

Cathedral Square by Night

18 August 1959.

The northwest corner with the start of Chancery Lane under the ...

Akaroa from above

1950s

View looking across towards the centre of Akaroa and across ...

Clarendon Hotel decorated for the Royal visit

December 1953 - January 1954

Exterior of the Clarendon Hotel on the corner of Worcester ...

Ballantynes decorated for the Royal visit

December 1953 - January 1954

Ballantynes department store on the corner of Cashel Street and ...

The Queen on the balcony of the Clarendon Hotel during the Royal Visit

December 1953 - January 1954

View through crowds waving at Queen Elizabeth II on the balcony ...

Hay's Department Store decorated for the Royal visit

December 1953 - January 1954

Exterior of Hay's Department Store on Colombo Street with ...

DIC building decorated for the Royal visit

December 1953 - January 1954

Exterior of the DIC building (later Beath's then Arthur ...

The Queen during the Royal visit in Cathedral Square

December 1953 - January 1954

View through crowds of Queen Elizabeth II speaking at the Civic ...

Elephant float preparing for the Hay's Christmas Parade

8 December 1956

A large elephant float on wheels being pushed by a group of ...

Train float for the Hay's Christmas Parade

8 December 1956

A train float with a santa sleigh and reindeer float being ...

Humpty Dumpty float for the Hay's Christmas Parade

8 December 1956

Close-up of the Humpty Dumpty float in Hagley Park ahead of the ...

A joy-ride on Lake Ida

28 July 1957

A vintage car taking a sled of children for a joy-ride across ...

The Bowker Fountain, Victoria Square

1959-60

Close-up of the Bowker Fountain in Victoria Square lit up at ...

The excitement of sparklers on Guy Fawkes night

1959-1960

Two children playing with sparklers on Guy Fawkes night.

Hay's Christmas Parade float

5 December 1959

Crowds lining a residential street during the Hay's Christmas ...

Ice skating on Lake Lyndon

2 August 1959

A family stood on Lake Lyndon, near Castle Hill, with groups of ...

Mowing the lawns

12 September 1961

"My sister and a neighbourhood friend rather well-dressed for ...

Stringer's Bridge on the Waipara River

2 January 1962

View of Stringer's Bridge on the Waipara River near Broomfield. ...

Sunbathing on Akaroa beach

30 January 1963

"My mother at Akaroa beach - before the housing boom." - ...

Royal Yacht Britannia, Lyttelton Harbour

January 1974

Viewing the Royal Yacht Britannia on arrival of the Queen and ...

Looking North along Colombo Street, 1957

2 January 1957

Looking north along Colombo Street taken from the Anglican ...

Horse drawn tram

September 1964

"Taken by my father, Ian Tweedy. The website for the Tramway ...

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