Colour Photograph: Tram and Town Crier on Worcester Street Bridge, c 1995

Maker
Joan Woodward
Description
One landscape colour photograph taken circa 1995 showing a tram, the town crier and the Wizard on Worcester Street bridge, Christchurch. The New Zealand Post building is in the background.
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Maker
Production place
Christchurch
Collecting unit
Photographs on paper
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Measurements
Dimensions (HxW) Inches: 4 x 6" (101.6 x 152.4mm)
Named collection
Joan Woodward
Researcher comments/remarks
Christchurch's tram system first opened in 1880 and linked Cathedral Square to the railway station. The tramway's heyday was in the 1920s when network was the largest in the country, but by the end of the Second World War the lines and infrastructure were beginning the wear out. The tramway closed in 1954. In 1995 trams began to run as a tourist attraction in central Christchurch using original restored vehicles. This popular activity had to stop running following the 22 February 2011 earthquakes, but was set to reopen in late 2013.
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
PIC97/56
258/97
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Catalogue number
PIC97/56
Accession number
1997.258.462

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