NicksPlace Photograph 203

Images, UC QuakeStudies

Souvenir shops on Colombo Street.

WEMO ERT Set 3 - February 2011 - Photograph 129

Images, UC QuakeStudies

A photograph of the earthquake damage to the windows of a souvenir shop on the corner of Gloucester and Colombo Streets. Broken glass from the windows has scattered across the footpath in front.

BeckerFraserPhotos March 2011 photograph 010

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The remains of several collapsed buildings on Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The sites formerly housed the Lyttelton Lounge cafe, the Opportunity Shop and NZ Souvenir.

BeckerFraserPhotos May 2011 photograph 0017

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Fences surround two cleared sites at 15 and 17 Oxford Street in Lyttelton. The sites formerly housed Lyttelton Lounge cafe, The Opportunity Shop and NZ Souvenir.

Souvenir Tea Towel: Stronger City by Gertrude Ryder Bennett

Images, Canterbury Museum

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...