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![View of Christchurch to the west from the tower of the Provincial Government Buildings](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0007.jpg)
View of Christchurch to the west from the tower of the Provincial Government Buildings [ca. 1860] |
![View down Colombo Street toward the Port Hills at right is Market (Victoria) Square and at left is the Crystal Palace, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0027.jpg) View down Colombo Street toward the Port Hills at right is Market (Victoria) Square and at left is the Crystal Palace, Christchurch [ca. 1870] |
![A view of former hospital buildings from the Antigua Boatsheds](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0091.jpg) A view of former hospital buildings from the Antigua Boatsheds [ca. 1880] |
![A man ploughs outside Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0013.jpg)
A man ploughs outside Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch [ca. 1880] |
![Cathedral Square from the Cathedral tower, showing Post Office built in 1879](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0015.jpg)
Cathedral Square from the Cathedral tower, showing Post Office built in 1879 [ca. 1882] |
![New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency building, Timaru](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0049.jpg)
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency building, Timaru [ca. 1882] |
![Cathedral Square, showing Post Office and Godley Statue with delivery carts and pedestrians](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0054.jpg) Cathedral Square, showing Post Office and Godley Statue with delivery carts and pedestrians [ca. 1882] |
![Canterbury College, Christchurch, showing clock tower and Great Hall](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0012.jpg) Canterbury College, Christchurch, showing clock tower and Great Hall [ca. 1882] |
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![Women's room, Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch, ca 1883](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0019.jpg)
Women's room, Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch [ca. 1883]
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![Hackney and hansom cabs at City Hotel crossing at the intersection of Colombo and High Streets with Fishers' building at left](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0010.jpg)
Hackney and hansom cabs at City Hotel crossing at the intersection of Colombo and High Streets with Fishers' building at left [ca. 1884] |
![The post and Telegraph Office in Norwich Quay, Lyttelton](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0009.jpg)
The post and Telegraph Office in Norwich Quay, Lyttelton [ca. 1885] |
![Delivery carts in Cathedral Square between the Godley statue & the Post Office, originally the Government Buildings, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0019.jpg)
Delivery carts in Cathedral Square between the Godley statue & the
Post Office, originally the Government Buildings, Christchurch
[ca. 1885] |
![Christchurch City Council Chambers, corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace, ca 1890](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0034.jpg)
Christchurch City Council Chambers, corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace [ca. 1890] |
![The Rhodes Convalescent Home from the front terrace](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0086.jpg)
The Rhodes Convalescent Home from the front terrace [1896] |
![YMCA, Christchurch, ca 1900](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0015.jpg)
YMCA, Christchurch [ca. 1900] |
![The Christchurch railway station](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0098.jpg)
The Christchurch railway station [ca. 1900] |
![The old Supreme Court building, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0028.jpg)
The old Supreme Court building, Christchurch [ca. 1900] |
![Canterbury Museum, ca 1900](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0037.jpg)
Canterbury Museum [ca. 1900] |
![Railway yard and station, west of the Madras Street bridge, Christchurch, 1900](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0068.jpg)
Railway yard and station, west of the Madras Street bridge, Christchurch, 1900 |
![Interior of the Gravenor Building, corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets, Christchurch, 1900](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0090.jpg)
Interior of the Gravenor Building, corner of Manchester and Hereford Streets, Christchurch, 1900 |
![The Lyttelton Times' new premises, 1903](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0062.jpg)
The Lyttelton Times' new premises, 1903 [1904] |
![Additions to the Christchurch Police Station](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0076.jpg)
Additions to the Christchurch Police Station [1906] |
![The Observatory at Canterbury College](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0097.jpg)
The Observatory at Canterbury College [ca. 1910] |
![Caretaker's residence and quarantine hospital on Quail Island among the trees are the three leper huts.](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0090.jpg)
Caretaker's residence and quarantine hospital on Quail Island among the trees are the three leper huts [1911] |
![The Council Chambers, Spreydon, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0081.jpg)
The Council Chambers, Spreydon, Christchurch [1913] |
![The Government Buildings, Cathedral Square, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0070.jpg)
The Government Buildings, Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1913] |
![Addington Raceway stewards' stand, New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's August meeting](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0060.jpg)
Addington Raceway stewards' stand, New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's August meeting [1915] |
![Canterbury College, University of New Zealand lecture theatres in Northern Quad, to right is Engineering School.](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0032.jpg)
Canterbury College, University of New Zealand lecture theatres in Northern Quad, to right is Engineering School [ca. 1919] |
![The demonstration farm headquarters at Avonhead for returned soldiers at the new soldiers' settlement near Avonhead, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0038.jpg)
The demonstration farm headquarters at Avonhead for returned soldiers at the new soldiers' settlement near Avonhead, Christchurch [1919] |
![The Observatory, Botany and Physics buildings of Canterbury College, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0033.jpg)
The Observatory, Botany and Physics buildings of Canterbury College, Christchurch [ca. 1919] |
![Smoke emanates from the Christchurch City Council's destructor in an aerial photograph of the central city, Christchurch, ca 1920](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0026.jpg)
Smoke emanates from the Christchurch City Council's destructor in an aerial photograph of the central city, Christchurch [ca. 1920] |
![The municipal offices in Manchester Street, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0083.jpg)
The municipal offices in Manchester Street, Christchurch [1925] |
![Canterbury College Library, ca 1926](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0055.jpg)
Canterbury College Library [ca. 1926] |
![3YA radio station, Christchurch, 1927](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0057.jpg)
3YA radio station, Christchurch, 1927 |
![The Café, New Brighton, Christchurch, ca 1930](/Heritage/Photos/Disc4/Thumbnails/IMG0070.jpg)
The Café, New Brighton, Christchurch, [ca. 1930] |
![Victorian Café Gallery, corner Oxford Terrace and Montreal Street, Christchurch, 11 October 1968](/Heritage/Photos/Disc4/Thumbnails/IMG0060.jpg)
Victorian Café Gallery, corner Oxford Terrace and Montreal
Street, Christchurch, 11 October 1968 |
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