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BeckerFraserPhotos July 2011 photograph 1137

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the dome of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament being deconstructed.

BeckerFraserPhotos April 2011 photograph 441

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Cranes above the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Barbadoes Street.

BeckerFraserPhotos October 2011 photograph 407

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Millennium Hotel, Cathedral Square".

Photograph of the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block, 2 Chester Street We…

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral Grammar School Main Block.

Iconic Ice-cream Charlie, Cathedral Square

Articles, Lost Christchurch

‘Ice Cream Charlie’ operated a well-known ice cream cart in Cathedral Square for much of the first half of the twentieth century. He was reknowned for his friendly nature and delicious …

Telephone Girls, The Telegraph and Post Office, Cathedral Square

Articles, Lost Christchurch

Written by Helen Solomons In 1879, my great grandfather, Mortimer Cashman Corliss, was promoted to head telegraphist in Christchurch’s newly built Post and Telegraph Office in Cathedral Squar…

A Penny Stamp for All Places – Cathedral Square c.1908

Articles, Lost Christchurch

“There are two classes of Christchurch postcards – those with the Cathedral and those without.” [1] The elegance of a lost age is captured in this exquisite photochrom post…

Handsome and substantial – Warner’s Hotel, Cathedral Square

Articles, Lost Christchurch

On the north east corner of Cathedral Square, the Commercial Hotel, owned by John Etherden Coker (1832 – 1894) was opened in 1863. The name Warner’s was not used until the hotel’s…