Heritage

Image collection: Faces of our Forebears

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R Ashby, Cobham Street, Spreydon, Christchurch, standing among the tobacco plants grown in his back yard
R Ashby, Cobham Street, Spreydon, Christchurch, standing among the tobacco plants grown in his back yard [1928]
Traffic Officer Herbert MacIntosh prepares to mount his bicycle
Traffic Officer Herbert MacIntosh prepares to mount his bicycle [1895]
Homeguard manoeuvres : a demonstration of a dummy machine-gun
Homeguard manoeuvres : a demonstration of a dummy machine-gun [1941]
Knitting socks for the troops serving overseas in World War Two (1939-45)
Knitting socks for the troops serving overseas in World War Two (1939-45) [1940]
Two bishops
Two bishops [ca. 1900]
A busker with a banjo entertaining in Cathedral Square, Christchurch
A busker with a banjo entertaining in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1927]
A shoe-shine man reads a newspaper while waiting in Cathedral Square for customers, Christchurch
A shoe-shine man reads a newspaper while waiting in Cathedral Square for customers, Christchurch [1927]
R.S.A. Miss Victory contest, Christchurch, 1943
R.S.A. Miss Victory contest, Christchurch, 1943 [1943]
Some members of the Atalanta Club
Some members of the Atalanta Club [ca. 1892]
Elizabeth Reid McCombs, née Henderson (1873-1935)
Elizabeth Reid McCombs, née Henderson (1873-1935) [between 1919 and 1925]
A newspaper vendor in Cathedral Square, Christchurch
A newspaper vendor in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1927]
A sandwich-board man advertising dancing shoes in Cathedral Square, Christchurch
A sandwich-board man advertising dancing shoes in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1927]
Five of the six children of Thomas Jones Walker Shand
Five of the six children of Thomas Jones Walker Shand [1886]
A Canterbury trooper, 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders), preparing to depart for the Boer War (1899-1902)
A Canterbury trooper, 3rd New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Rough Riders), preparing to depart for the Boer War (1899-1902) [1900]
A day at New Brighton beach
A day at New Brighton beach [ca. 1927]
A 21st birthday celebration
A 21st birthday celebration [6 Dec. 1955]
Patricia and Victor Ellena at 34 Shrewsbury Street, Merivale
Patricia and Victor Ellena at 34 Shrewsbury Street, Merivale [ca. 1935]
Schoolboys pictured outside the tea kiosk at Victoria Park
Schoolboys pictured outside the tea kiosk at Victoria Park [ca. 1940]
Going to the pictures
Going to the pictures [ca. 1954]
Cheerful boy scouts acting as messengers to distribute food and medicine to patients at their houses during the influenza epidemic
Cheerful boy scouts acting as messengers to distribute food and medicine to patients at their houses during the influenza epidemic [1918]
A family picnic on a summer's day at Addington Show Grounds' motorist's camping ground, Christchurch
A family picnic on a summer's day at Addington Show Grounds' motorist's camping ground, Christchurch [1929]
Interior of a cave hut at Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch, used by young men on weekend summer trips
Interior of a cave hut at Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch, used by young men on weekend summer trips [1910]
Five generations of an old Banks Peninsula family, the Wrights
Five generations of an old Banks Peninsula family, the Wrights [1912]