DIC building decorated for the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth ...

Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, meeting staff and their ...

Taken by my father John Abernethy with colour-slide film and ...

Beaths store on the corner of Colombo Street and Cashel Street ...

Buildings on Colombo Street decorated for the Royal Visit of ...

Decorations for the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II on the ...

Decorations for the Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II on the ...

Taken at the time of the Queen's visit in 1953. They show the ...

Taken at the time of the Queen's visit in 1953. They show the ...

View across the audience taken from behind the choir and ...

Photograph shows the Town Clerk Bert Feast meeting the Queen at ...

Photo shows the crowds in Cathedral Square for the visit of the ...

Cathedral entrance and Square decorated possibly for the ...

Christchurch Hospital staff and partners waiting to meet the ...

My father had a camera and enjoyed taking colour slides. He ...

The couple are clearly George VI and Queen Elizabeth who toured ...

An athlete shaking hands with Prince Philip on stage at the ...

Queen Elizabeth II being escorted on a public walk in ...

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

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

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

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

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