# MED Historical Photographs: Christchurch records Every MED Historical Photographs record the archive holds about Christchurch, 257 of them, 1900–1950, oldest first. 100 records shown of 257, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Workers laying a cable on Tuam Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37096), 1900-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Direct current steam driven generator, Armagh Street power station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8154), 1903-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Armagh Street power station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8153), 1905-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Armagh Street power station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8155), 1909-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Direct current switchboard, Armagh Street power station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8173), 1909-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Bathroom of 138 Park Terrace](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37049), 1912-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Christchurch Municipal Baths](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8135), 1912-11-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Alternating current switchboard](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15954), 1914-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Laying cables on Armagh Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8178), 1914-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Main converter station interior](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15953), 1914-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [11 kilovolt switchboard and low tension switchboard](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15955), 1914-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Montreal Street substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37043), 1914-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Electricity Department building on Armagh Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37102), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Interior of Electricity Department building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37103), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Electric lighting on MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37062), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Offices of MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39239), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Stairwell of MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39240), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Room inside MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39242), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Hallway of MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39241), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Meter room of Municipal Electricity Department](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39243), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Display of appliances in show room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37032), 1918-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Electricity Department Demonstration Room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15951), 1918-01-01, no. 15951, MED Historical Photographs - [Electricity Department Demonstration Room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15952), 1918-01-01, no. 15952, MED Historical Photographs - [Electricity Department laboratory](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15949), 1918-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Electric lamp on Oxford Terrace](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37097), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Workers laying fibre ducts on Armagh Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37053), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Workers pose with fibre ducts](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37055), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Christmas baking demonstration at MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37092), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department clerical staff](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37094), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Car accident on Oxford Terrace](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37028), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Cable duct trench on Armagh Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37052), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Workers filling trench on Armagh Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37051), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Trench outside converter station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37054), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Interior of Armagh Street converter station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37091), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Control room of converter station](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37101), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Unidentified substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37044), 1920-01-01, no. 37044, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Unidentified substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37046), 1920-01-01, no. 37046, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [St Albans Park substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37089), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Worker covering ducts in trench](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37056), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [MED truck and float in Jubilee Procession](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37050), 1920-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Interior of Ferry Road substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15944), 1921-11-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Moorhouse Avenue substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8160), 1921-11-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Electric lighting and clock on MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37037), 1922-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Electricity metre damaged by lightning](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16023), 1923-12-25, MED Historical Photographs - [Berry transformer from Osborne Terrace substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15932), 1924-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Cooking demonstration at an industrial exhibition](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37093), 1924-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department block ground plan](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15916), 1925-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [G.H. Battersby](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15975), 1925-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Old St Albans Park substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15934), 1925-01-11, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department showroom and offices](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-30213), 1925-02-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department yards](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-80246), 1925-02-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Ground floor showroom of MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37066), 1926-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Syne condenser panel](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16026), 1926-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Aerial view of municipal corporation yard](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39246), 1927-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Former Municipal Electricity Department meter room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8205), 1928-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Former Municipal Electricity Department meter room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8191), 1928-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Ferguson Pailin switch gear](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16027), 1928-01-01, no. 16027, MED Historical Photographs - [Ferguson Pailin switch gear](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16028), 1928-01-01, no. 16028, MED Historical Photographs - [Construction of extension to MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39244), 1928-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Eastern extension of MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-39245), 1928-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Demolition of house on Milton Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15919), 1928-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Extension to the Christchurch Municipal Baths](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8195), 1928-02-27, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department office extension](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8206), 1928-03-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department office extension](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8207), 1928-03-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Substation on Dyers Pass Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15920), 1929-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Idris Road substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15931), 1929-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Incinerated mouse](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15946), 1929-02-18, MED Historical Photographs - [Aerial view of Manchester Street, Armagh Street and Oxford Terrace](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16022), 1929-08-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Aerial view of the Municipal Electricity Department](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8199), 1929-08-06, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Aerial view of Manchester and Armagh streets](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37070), 1929-08-06, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Substation on Wainoni Road](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15935), 1929-10-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Woodham Road substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15923), 1929-10-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Worcester Street substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8196), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Municipal Electricity Department committee room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8209), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Demolition of parapet of the former Municipal Electricity Department building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8188), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Clerical staff of MED office](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37065), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Lines department staff](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16030), 1930-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Workers at St Elmo Courts](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37041), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [MED car near Latimer Square](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37100), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Substation on Ferry Road near Moorhouse Avenue](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37087), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Victoria Street substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37088), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Show room of new MED building](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37029), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Unidentified MED substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37086), 1930-01-01, no. 37086, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Unidentified MED substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-37083), 1930-01-01, no. 37083, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Waitaki Hydro Electric Scheme](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8157), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Waitaki Hydro Electric Scheme](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8158), 1930-01-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Track lighting at Monica Park](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16016), 1930-01-28, MED Historical Photographs - [Grand stand at Monica Park](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16018), 1930-01-28, MED Historical Photographs - [View from Monica Park grand stand](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16019), 1930-01-28, MED Historical Photographs - [Grand stand at English Park](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16020), 1930-01-28, MED Historical Photographs - [Overhead lighting at English Park](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16015), 1930-01-28, MED Historical Photographs - [Flood lighting at English Park](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16017), 1930-01-28, MED Historical Photographs - [Decorative street lamps on Oxford Terrace](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-16021), 1930-07-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Temporary Municipal Electricity Department show room](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8208), 1930-07-01, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Winchester Street substation](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15936), 1931-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Overhead wires and street lamp](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-15917), 1931-01-01, MED Historical Photographs - [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8187), 1931-01-16, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8183), 1931-01-16, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8186), 1931-01-16, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs - [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8184), 1931-01-16, by Municipal Electricity Department, MED Historical Photographs ## Questions, answered briefly **What was the MED Historical Photographs?** A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 257 of its records that mention Christchurch, 1900–1950. The full run lives at the National Library, not here. **How much of the MED Historical Photographs does the archive hold?** 257 records, the #34 heaviest file of the 285 mastheads on the shelf. **What years do the MED Historical Photographs records cover?** 1900 through 1950, the years the archive’s Christchurch records from this masthead were printed. **Where are the MED Historical Photographs originals?** Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from. --- The originals live at Papers Past (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) · data: https://api.chch.live/paper?slug=med-historical-photographs · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/med-historical-photographs Printing beside it: Star, https://www.chch.live/paper/star · Evening Post, https://www.chch.live/paper/evening-post · Auckland Weekly News, https://www.chch.live/paper/auckland-weekly-news · Ellesmere Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ellesmere-guardian · Photographs / He Whakaahua, https://www.chch.live/paper/photographs-he-whakaahua · Ashburton Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ashburton-guardian · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, https://www.chch.live/paper/akaroa-mail-and-banks-peninsula-advertiser · Otago Witness, https://www.chch.live/paper/otago-witness