1910s

Phyllis Hartigan, born 1912: Picturing Canterbury

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Phyllis Hartigan, born 1912. Kete Christchurch. Entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License.

Photo of Phyllis in a Boer War uniform.

On the back of the photo:” Happy Returns Tom,  April 27th 1915, from sister Phyllis.”

Date: 7 April 1915.

Entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Beverley Dickson.

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October is Photo Hunt month at Christchurch City Libraries. We invite you to share any of your photos and help grow the city’s photographic archive. All entries must be received by 31 October.

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Two Young Women: Picturing Canterbury

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Two Young Women. Kete Christchurch. PH14-097. Entry in the 2014 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Glyn Williams. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License.

Unknown subjects. Photo reproduced from a glass negative by Glyn Williams.

Date: 1910s

Entry in the 2014 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Glyn Williams.

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Harold Parsons, Horse and Cart: Picturing Canterbury

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Harold Parsons, Horse and Cart, 1915. Kete Christchurch. PH14-AlTu-harold_parsons_-_horse_and_cart. Entry in the 2014 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Alan Turner. CC-BY-NA-SA-3.0 NZ.

Harold Parsons in suit with three children. Child on Harold’s knee is Basil Turner (later general manager of Turners Office Products, Colombo & Tuam St), others unknown.

Location: St Martins, Christchurch.

Date: circa 1915

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Photo Hunt October: Group of Young Men by a Railway Hut

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Group of Young Men by a Railway Hut.
Entry in the 2014 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Glyn Williams. Kete Christchurch PH14-098.jpg CC-BY-NC-SA NZ 3.0

Subjects unknown. Photo reproduced from a  glass negative.

Date: 1910s

Christchurch City Libraries has been running an annual Photo Hunt in conjunction with the city’s Heritage Week since 2008.  The 2016 Photo Hunt is running again from 1 – 31 October. During the month of October we will be posting a series of images from earlier Photo Hunts.

Enter the 2016 hunt online or at your local library.

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A suburban scene – Image of the week

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The view near Horseshoe Lake, Burwood. 1911.

A suburban scene

Horseshoe Lake Reserve, a branch of the Avon River, is to the north-east of Burwood Park. Pre-European Maori hunted there and called it Te Oranga.

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Warm thought for a cold day – Image of the week

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Sunbathing at New Brighton beach, Christchurch. January 1, 1919.

Sunbathing at New Brighton beach, Christchurch

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Returned servicemen – Image of the week

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The Canterbury AA’s fleet of motor cars at the Christchurch Railway Station to convey some of the returned servicemen. 18 November 1919.

The Canterbury AA's fleet of motor cars at the Christchurch Railway Station to convey some of the returned servicemen

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Dardanelles living – Image of the Week

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At the Dardanelles during World War One, 1914-18.

At the Dardanelles during World War One, 1914-18

“A striking photograph of a corner of ANZAC where New Zealand troops were stationed”. This is a view of sandbagged living quarters at Gallipoli.

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Voters on tenterhooks – Image of the week

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A portion of the crowd awaiting the result of the 1919 election, the results being displayed by lantern on a board in Christchurch.

A portion of the crowd awaiting the result of the 1919 election, the results being displayed by lantern on a board in Christchurch

The weekly press, 24 Dec. 1919, p. 28

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Image of the week

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A view of Beach V, one of the initial landing points for troops, Gallipoli Peninsula. 1915.

A view of Beach V, one of the initial landing points for troops, Gallipoli Peninsula

Source: The Canterbury times, 28 July 1915, p. 39. File Reference: KPCD-03-048. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries. Collated for 2009 Beca Heritage Week’s ‘Doves & Defences’ – Discover Christchurch in Peace and Conflict

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