Image collection: Summer

This is a sample of photographs on the subject of summer. You can search our catalogue for more, or browse our digital collections.

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Lifesaving demonstration, Sumner, Christchurch, 1926	Sumner in 1900, already a favourite holiday resort	New Brighton Pier [ca. 1900]
Margaret Anderson and her sister pictured on New Brighton beach [Nov. 1933]	New Brighton Pier [ca. 1915]	Fresh Air Home Children sun-bathing, Cashmere Sanatorium 1924
Children taking donkey rides on Sumner beach, Christchurch [ca. 1905]	A group of young bathers in bathing costumes in the surf at Sumner beach on the Anniversary Day of Christchurch [16 Dec. 1918]	A family picnic on a summer’s day at Addington Show Grounds’ motorists’ camping ground, Christchurch [1929]
Camping at Goose Bay [1955]	A busy day for the Rangiora swimming baths [1920?]	The Goose Girl : a young bather tests out her new inflatable at a local Christchurch beach. [1929]
A crowded New Brighton beach, New Zealand, on gala day [1927]	Sumner Beach - evening	Yachting at Sumner
Bathing machines and sun bathers at Caroline Bay, Timaru [1927]	A man surfing, possibly at a Wellington beach [ca. 1910]	Children paddling near the pier at Cave Rock, Sumner beach, decorated for a summer carnival, Christchurch [1906]
Children building sandcastles on the beach, possibly Wellington [ca. 1905]	Families on the beach below the mast & yard-arm, Sumner beach, Christchurch [ca. 1905]	A mother with her two children paddling in the surf, possibly at a Wellington beach [ca. 1900]
Sunbathing at New Brighton beach, Christchurch [1918]	New Brighton Beach, Christchurch. [c. 1950]	Children’s park, New Brighton, Christchurch. [c. 1950]
P-Class yacht racing at Sumner, Christchurch. [c. 1949]	Breakwater, evening, Sumner, c. 1949	Beach scene, Corsair Bay, Christchurch. [c. 1950]
Boys on beach, Corsair Bay, Christchurch. [c. 1950]	Senior 6-man teams at Canterbury Surf Life-Saving Association’s third carnival at North Beach [4 Feb. 1962]

Summer images on Kete Christchurch

Summer day at Pines Beach 1979	Sumner one summer day 1920s	Sunday afternoon, Sumner promenade 1967
Taking a dip at the pool in Scarborough, late 1960s	Barbecuing in the backyard 1987	Family barbecue 1981
Would you like a biscuit? 1920s	Pier and Baths at Sumner beach 1920s to 1930s	1960s Sandy beach

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