Heritage

Image collection: Christchurch at work

This is a sample of photographs relating to work. You can search our catalogue for more, or browse our digital collections.

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A Kitson steam tram runs past the Government Buildings in Cathedral Square with tramways workers on board [1927]
A Kitson steam tram runs past the Government Buildings in Cathedral Square with tramways workers on board [1927]		 A tram conductor changes the points of the tram rails with a point bar [1927]
A tram conductor changes the points of the tram rails with a point bar [1927]		 New Zealand wants domestic servants [ca. 1913]
New Zealand wants domestic servants [ca. 1913]
A maid of all work [1908]
A maid of all work [1908]		 Striking slaughtermen outside the Supreme Court, Christchurch [1907]
Striking slaughtermen outside the Supreme Court, Christchurch [1907]		 The Post Office tower is dwarfed in this view, taken from the top of the Government Life Insurance building in the Square [Mar. 1963]
The Post Office tower is dwarfed in this view, taken from the top of the Government Life Insurance building in the Square [Mar. 1963]
Canterbury Public Library staff outside the new library building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace [1982]
Canterbury Public Library staff outside the new library building on the corner of Gloucester Street and Oxford Terrace [1982]		 During the war, girls were engaged on a wide range of jobs [between 1940 and 1945]
During the war, girls were engaged on a wide range of jobs [between 1940 and 1945]		 The interior of a clothing factory [1909]
The interior of a clothing factory [1909]
Woman serving expresso coffee at Fails Cafe, 82 Cashel Street, near the Bridge of Remembrance [ca. 1955]
Woman serving expresso coffee at Fails Cafe, 82 Cashel Street, near the Bridge of Remembrance [ca. 1955]		 Male and female cabin crew of TEAL standing at the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets [ca. 1960]
Male and female cabin crew of TEAL standing at the corner of Colombo and Armagh Streets [ca. 1960]
Reapers and binders at work. Reapers and binders at work.
Men about to go to work on the Otira end of the Arthur's Pass Tunnel [1913]
Men about to go to work on the Otira end of the Arthur’s Pass Tunnel [1913]		 Unemployed men gather outside the Labour Bureau, Christchurch [1914]
Unemployed men gather outside the Labour Bureau, Christchurch [1914]		 Staff outside W. Congreve's ironmongery and hardware store, 129 & 131 Colombo Street, Christchurch [ca. 1894]
Staff outside W. Congreve’s ironmongery and hardware store, 129 & 131 Colombo Street, Christchurch [ca. 1894]

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