Black-and-white photograph of a brick building, with staff and horse-drawn carriages from the Fire Brigade of Christchurch in the foreground. Photograph taken c1906.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing the demolition of the Royal Hotel on the corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street. The hotel building shown in this photograph was the third on the site since 1851. It was built in 1916 as a replacement for the first Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel was established in 1870 a...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the Lyttelton Bakery operating from a portable building on the Corner of Canterbury Street and Norwich Quay. This portable building has been placed on the site of the Royal Hotel. Also visible in the photograph are Shadbolt House and the rear of the buildings on the south side...
A black and white historic photograph of the exterior Clarendon Hotel, designed by J.C. Maddison. The photograph was taken from the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street, [1903].
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger. At the time of the 22 February 2011 Earthquake...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 19 May 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the upper floor of the original part of the building being removed and a temporary roof being constructed over the ground floor. At the time o...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 11 June 2011 showing the demolition of the old Lyttelton Library, Council Chambers and Magistrates' Court on the corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road. The photograph shows the upper floor of the building being demolished with a high reach digger and a jet of water being played on the building ...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 16 June 2011 showing the partial demolition of the old Lyttelton Harbour Board Offices on the corner of Oxford Street and Norwich Quay. The photograph shows the temporary roof being constructed over the original ground floor of the building. At the time of the 22 February 2011 earthquake the build...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 30 June 2011 showing earthquake damage to the former Convent of Our Lady of Mercy and to the Catholic Church of St Joseph the Worker. Photograph taken from St. Davids Street The sense of loss felt when confronted with the collapse or demolition of an historic building is compounded when that bui...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing Her Majesty's New Zealand Ships (HMNZS) (left to right) Pukaki, Otago and Canterbury berthed at Number Seven Wharf in Lyttelton's Inner Harbour. HMNZS Canterbury was tied up in Lyttelton loading New Zealand Army equipment when the magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred on 22 F...
A black and white historic photograph of Warner's Hotel in Cathedral Square, taken in 1906.
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing a New Zealand Army Light Operational Vehicle on the corner of Norwich Quay and Dublin Street. Light Armoured Vehicles and Light Operational Vehicles were a common sight around Lyttelton and Christchurch after the February 2011 earthquakes. The quakes occurred just before ...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 9 March 2011 showing a string of handmade bunting made from a cream woollen blanket with "KIA KAHA LYTTELTON" stitched onto the pennants in red wool. The Fence was located around the street frontages of the Royal Hotel on the Corner of Norwich Quay and Canterbury Street. Also visible in the photo...
A black and white historic photograph of the Clarendon Hotel, prior to its 1903 reconstruction, [1902].
A black and white historic photograph of the old BNZ Building, taken from Cathedral Square, 1929.
A black and white historic photograph of customers shopping in T. Armstrong and Co., [ca. 1930].
A black and white historic photograph of the interior of Warner's Hotel, near the front desk, [1907].
Multicolour softcover book titled "Quake, the Big Canterbury Earthquake of 2010" with colour photographs by David Wethey and text by Ian Stuart; published by Harper Collins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited, Auckland, 2010. ‘Quake: The Big Canterbury Earthquake of 2010’ contains aerial photographs of the damage to many major heritage sites in Ca...
One multi-coloured soft-cover book entitled 'Quake: the Big Canterbury Earthquake of 2010' with colour photographs by David Wethey and text by Ian Stuart. ‘Quake: The Big Canterbury Earthquake of 2010’ contains aerial photographs of the damage to many major heritage sites in Canterbury between Kaiapoi and Darfield after the 4 September 2010 ear...
A black and white historic photograph of the exterior of the Union Centre Building, T. Armstrong and Co, [ca. 1930].
A black and white historic photograph of Father Christmas waving to crowds from a float outside Armstrong & Co., [ca. 1930].
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing damage to the Lodge of Unanimity No 3 at the intersection of St Davids Street and Sumner Road. Original BuildingAdditions The Lodge of Unanimity was established in Lyttelton in 1851. This building was designed in 1878 by Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort, who was a member of th...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2011 showing demolition of the former Convent of Our Lady of Mercy. St Mary's School, run by the Sisters of Mercy, was also housed in this building. At the time of the 4 September 2010 earthquake the building was a private residence. Three years after the 2010-2011 earthquakes there a...
A black and white historic photograph of the intersection of Colombo and High Streets, with the Fishers' building visible on the left, [ca. 1884].
A black and white historic photograph of the interior of the dining room of the Clarendon Hotel, with two waiters in the background, [1903].
A black and white historic photograph of a group of cyclists lining up outside Warner's Hotel before a race leaving from the hotel, [May 1904].
A black and white historic photograph of the south face of the Lyttelton Times Building following its extension in 1902-3, viewed from Cathedral Square, [1904].
A black and white historic photograph of Tuam Street, ca. 1884, with the Odeon Theatre on the right and White's Furnishing Warehouse visible in the distance.
A black and white historic photograph of the reconstruction of Armstrong & Co., a major department store on the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets, [ca. 1930].
A hardcover book that details in words and photographs the response of the New Zealand Army, Air Force and Navy to the 22 February 2011 earthquake.