Starnews.co.nz continues the daily dip into our photo archives of Christchurch from yesteryear.
Christchurch City Council officials during a finance committee meeting in the council chambers during the 1930s.
Three girls from the Skellerup Militaries senior marching team with a parking meter on High Street in 1969.
Addington Raceway totalisator pictured in 1950.
The Beatles wave to the crowd from the balcony at Clarendon Tower in 1964.
The Beatles in Christchurch in 1964.
New Brighton firefighters ready their vehicle in 1970.
Day students in a Christchurch Girls' High School parade on Montreal St in 1952 during the school's 75th-anniversary celebrations.
Competitors in full flight during the Shrove Tuesday pancake race at New Brighton in 1970.
Dutch migrants arriving at Harewood Airport in 1953 aboard a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight competing in the London-to-Christchurch air race. The modified DC-6A Liftmaster made the journey in 37hr 30min.
A whitebaiter looking for a catch on the Avon River in 1940.
Christchurch's telephone exchange in operation at the Cathedral Square-based post office in 1941.
Municipal Electricity Department workers installing new lamps in the central city in 1945.
Repairs to Christ Church Cathedral's south transept roof carried out in 1979 by roofers, Oi Sagapolu, Watene Ruha and Lindsay Berryman.
