A photograph of workers standing on Gloucester Street. Two of the workers are filling out EQ Rapid Assessment Forms as their peers watch on.
A photograph of the first page of a copy of a Level 1 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the second page of a copy of a Level 2 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the third page of a copy of a Level 2 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A photograph of the first page of a copy of a Level 2 Rapid Assessment Form. The form was used by the Civil Defence to document the earthquake damage to buildings in central Christchurch after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Liquefaction in North New Brighton. The photographer comments, "After the double quake local to my home, the liquefaction made strange shapes in the liquid content of the outpourings".
A Civil Defence staff member talking on his cell phone, he is holding clipboard with a form titled 'Christchurch Eq rapid assessment form level 1'. The brickwork of the house has crumbled and the broken windows have been boarded up.
Concrete blocks form a temporary retaining wall on Dublin Street in Lyttelton.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "The Crossing viewed form the Ibis Hotel".
A photograph of a Christchurch City Council completed authorization form. This form was part of the Residential Access Project which gave residents temporary access within the red-zone cordon in order to retrieve items from their homes after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Personal information has been removed from this photograph in order to protect the individual's privacy.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "New form of retaining wall in Winchester Street, Lyttelton".
Photographically reproduced postcard shows a semi-humorous illustration by J L Martin of the Provincial Government buildings in Christchurch, seen looking southeast from across the intersection of Durham and Armagh Streets, imagined as warped and twisting in the Murchison Earthquake of 1929. Speech bubbles come from the mouths of some small figures: "Women & children first", "Order please", "Oh for the wings of a dove", "Stop that jazzing up there", "Wheres my puff box". The title below the picture is: "The camera cannot lie".
The artist J L Martin has handwritten a message on the verso.
In 1928, this building was occupied by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Receiver of Land Revenue, the Registrar of Deeds, the Lands Transfer Office and the Lands & Survey Department (See Wises directory 1928, page 214)
Other Titles - Christchurch, Christmas
Inscriptions: Verso - centre - With kind remembrances / From yours sincerely / J L Martin
Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s).
Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 137 mm.
Provenance: Ms McLean was the granddaughter of Arthur John Wicks, the Chief Draughtsman, Head Office, New Zealand Lands & Survey Department. He had worked with Crown Lands in Blenheim before moving to Wellington in 1917. The artist J L Martin sent the card to Mr Wicks.
A photograph of sculptures by Shaun Gladwell titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
A tribute in the form of a pink wire and fabric butterfly attached by wire to a green stick.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Autumn leaves form a thick pile in front of the boarded-up door".
A photograph of the Hotel So building on Cashel, behind a cleared site where a large puddle has formed.
A photograph of a sculpture by Shaun Gladwell titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
A close-up photograph of Shaun Gladwell's sculpture titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
A close-up photograph of Shaun Gladwell's sculpture titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
A close-up photograph of Shaun Gladwell's sculpture titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
A photograph of a sculpture by Shaun Gladwell titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
A photograph of a sculpture by Shaun Gladwell titled 'Inflected Forms' on the corner of High Street and Cashel Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets - with the new form of the Cathedral on the left".
A photograph of cracks in the side of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically.
A photograph of cracks in the front of St Elmo Courts. The cracks have formed between the windows both horizontally and vertically.
A man hoses down a piece of art in the form of a mosaic seat in the Civic Square site in Lyttelton.
A floral tribute in the form of two roses, a leaf, two hearts and three beads on paper covered wire wrapped into one bunch.
Pallets being stacked to form the walls of the Pallet Pavillion. Steel rods have been put in place to join the pallets together.
Pallets being stacked to form the walls of the Pallet Pavillion. Steel rods have been put in place to join the pallets together.
A photograph of a large crack running down the middle of a building. The crack formed when two sections of the building split apart.
