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One Space Cannon VH Ireos 7000 search light with pan and tilt ability and 7000 watt Xenon lamp. Reading on hour meter 02954.75 hours. One of the White Lights of Hope used as a symbol of support for Christchurch following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The White Lights of Hope lit up the skies of Christchurch every night from 4 September 2011 ...
One cream cotton 'Heart for Christchurch' decorated with a bird in blue stitching; a blue loop with a bead is at the top centre so the item can be displayed. Inscription on reverse reads 'With / love / from / Denice Ostman / Finland / 2011' Made for the people of Christchurch following the 22 February earthquake. Denice Ostman from Finland sent...
One cream and brown fabric 'Heart for Christchurch' decorated with lace and seven embellishments with a velvet cord loop at the top centre so the item can be displayed. Maker's name - Evie Harris / Napier - on reverse. Made for the people of Christchurch following the 22 February earthquake. This ‘Heart for Christchurch’ was made by Evie Harris...
One white linen tea towel with the poem ‘Stronger City’ by Gertrude Ryder Bennett, 1931, printed in black. This tea towel was produced by Lyttelton retailer 'God Save the Queen' in response to the 22 February earthquake. Rebecca Lovell-Smith owned and operated the vintage shop ‘God Save the Queen’ in Lyttelton. She lost both her home and the sh...
One felted purple 'Heart for Christchurch' decorated with a pink rose with green leaves and an orange loop at the top centre so the item can be displayed. Faint stitched inscription 'we are / with you' on reverse. Made for the people of Christchurch following the 22 February earthquake. Jill Gunn contributed this ‘Heart for Christchurch’ as a g...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing a New Zealand Army Light Operational Vehicle on the corner of Norwich Quay and Dublin Street. Light Armoured Vehicles and Light Operational Vehicles were a common sight around Lyttelton and Christchurch after the February 2011 earthquakes. The quakes occurred just before ...
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing damage to the Old Post Office Building on the Corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street. Architect The archaeological investigation of the site of the old Lyttelton Post Office uncovered evidence of Maori settlement in the area including a midden, fire places and an adze. Th...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing damage to the Norton Buildings on Oxford Street. The photograph shows part of the first floor of the building and the façade collapsed onto the ground floor and out onto the street. The photograph was taken from St Davids Street looking west. Also visible in the photogra...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 18 March 2011 showing the crowd gathered in Hagley Park for the National Memorial Service. On 18 March 2011, the National Christchurch Memorial Service was held as an official remembrance to those who lost their lives during the 6.3 magnitude earthquake on 22 February 2011. As well as being atten...
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing the damaged façade of a two storey shop on Norwich Quay. The brick wall has completely fallen off the top storey and crushed a car parked on the footpath outside. Damage to the Lyttelton Hotel is visible to the left of the photo. The design of many older commercial build...
One portrait colour digital photograph taken on 25 February 2011 showing damage to the Plunket Rooms on Sumner Road. Also visible in the photograph are the rear of the former Library and Fire Station, 2 London Street and the eastern end of The Church of the Most Holy Trinity. When the Lyttelton Plunket Rooms were demolished in July 2012, archae...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 27 April 2011 showing damage to the Old Post Office Building on the corner of Norwich Quay and Oxford Street. The old Telegraph office located beside the Old Post Office and the Timeball Station are also visible. Architect As Lyttelton's first main street, Norwich Quay was the site of many early g...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 12 April 2011 showing the site of the Norton Buildings and Lyttelton Lounge on Oxford Street. Architect The buildings on this site were severely damaged and demolished within days of the 22 February 2011 earthquake. The larger of the two properties in this photograph was the site of the 1913 Norto...
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 14 July 2011 showing the temporary repairs made to the retaining wall in the middle of Ripon Street. The temporary wall replaces two sections of red stone wall which collapsed in the June 2011 Earthquake. It is made from stacked concrete cubes with coarse fill and the top is covered with black pla...
The cartoon is drawn as a game of 'Quakeopoly' in which earthquakes, aftershocks, assessment waits, stress etc. allow one to move from one square to the next but players are always forced backwards and can never win. Context - The Canterbury earthquakes of 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 and the continuing aftershocks. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).