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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.
View our Flickr photos of summer, the beach, and holidays.
![Lifesaving demonstration, Sumner, Christchurch, 1926](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0056.jpg)
Lifesaving demonstration, Sumner, Christchurch, 1926 |
![Sumner in 1900, already a favourite holiday resort](/Heritage/Photos/Disc4/Thumbnails/IMG0096.jpg)
Sumner in 1900, already a favourite holiday resort |
![New Brighton Pier](/Heritage/Photos/Collection22/thumbnails/02329.jpg)
New Brighton Pier [ca. 1900] |
![Margaret Anderson and her sister pictured on New Brighton beach](/Heritage/Photos/Collection22/thumbnails/02330.jpg)
Margaret Anderson and her sister pictured on New Brighton beach [Nov. 1933] |
![New Brighton Pier](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/thumbnails/IMG0001.jpg)
New Brighton Pier [ca. 1915] |
![Fresh Air Home Children sun-bathing 1924](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive887/AssortedPhotographs/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch887-084.jpg)
Fresh Air Home Children sun-bathing, Cashmere Sanatorium 1924 |
![Children taking donkey rides on Sumner beach, Christchurch
[ca. 1905]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc5/thumbnails/IMG0019.jpg)
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](/Heritage/Photos/Disc14/Thumbnails/IMG0056.jpg)
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]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0054.jpg)
A family picnic on a summer’s day at Addington Show Grounds’ motorists’ camping ground, Christchurch [1929] |
![Camping at Goose Bay [1955]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc8/Thumbnails/IMG0028.jpg)
Camping at Goose Bay [1955] |
![A busy day for the Rangiora swimming baths [1920?]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc11/Thumbnails/IMG0099.jpg)
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]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc15/Thumbnails/IMG0045.jpg)
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](/Heritage/Photos/Disc8/thumbnails/IMG0075.jpg)
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]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc10/Thumbnails/IMG0005.jpg)
Bathing machines and sun bathers at Caroline Bay, Timaru [1927] |
![A man surfing, possibly at a Wellington beach [ca. 1910]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0011.jpg)
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]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc14/Thumbnails/IMG0053.jpg)
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]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0095.jpg)
Children building sandcastles on the beach, possibly Wellington [ca. 1905] |
![Families on the beach below the mast & yard-arm, Sumner beach, Christchurch [ca. 1905]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0036.jpg)
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]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0096.jpg)
A mother with her two children paddling in the surf, possibly at a Wellington beach [ca. 1900] |
![Sunbathing at New Brighton beach, Christchurch [1918]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc14/Thumbnails/IMG0061.jpg)
Sunbathing at New Brighton beach, Christchurch [1918] |
![New Brighton Beach, Christchurch. [c. 1950]](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive978/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch978-1-042.jpg)
New Brighton Beach, Christchurch. [c. 1950] |
![Children's park, New Brighton, Christchurch.](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive978/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch978-1-043.jpg)
Children’s park, New Brighton, Christchurch. [c. 1950] |
![P-Class yacht racing at Sumner, Christchurch.](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive978/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch978-1-044.jpg)
P-Class yacht racing at Sumner, Christchurch. [c. 1949] |
![Breakwater, evening, Sumner, c. 1949](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive978/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch978-1-052.jpg)
Breakwater, evening, Sumner, c. 1949 |
![Beach scene, Corsair Bay, Christchurch.](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive978/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch978-1-097.jpg)
Beach scene, Corsair Bay, Christchurch. [c. 1950] |
![Boys on beach, Corsair Bay, Christchurch.](/DigitalCollection/Archives/Archive978/Pages/Thumbnails/Arch978-1-098.jpg)
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
[4 Feb. 1962]](/Heritage/Photos/Disc11/Thumbnails/IMG0028.jpg)
Senior 6-man teams at Canterbury Surf Life-Saving Association’s third carnival at North Beach [4 Feb. 1962] |
Flickr
On the beach
![How fathers occupied themselves at a day at the beach playing cards.](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3207/2946402980_309581e9b4_m.jpg)
![Summer Holiday](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3191/2832159734_67f74d45d9_m.jpg)
![“Bathing Beauties”](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/5156551893_7ca4a90d20_n.jpg)
Swimming
![Marshalls family swimming](http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1100/5103632403_7e59bc3a99_n.jpg)
Camping
![Family](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3029/2908447454_24d8854629_m.jpg)
Picnics
![Picnic at Cave Rock](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4089/5039917081_f871605c5c_n.jpg)
![Tuckered Out at Governor’s Bay](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4126/5028813831_f935f1b77d_n.jpg)