Municipal Electricity Department collection

The new M.E.D building at night : Image 1 of 1

Image of The new M.E.D building at night, 1939 1939

  • Title The new M.E.D building at night, 1939
  • Creator Municipal Electricity Department
  • Date 1939
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  • Image 1 of 1
  • Multipart Note
  • Physical Description Size of original : 22 x 17 cm. Digital file from original photograph. Scanned 2011. Equipment: Cruse CS185 Scanner; format tiff, 300 ppi.
  • Notes Photograph caption: Office building 1939.
    Night view of new office building, ablaze with light, 1939. Christchurch. A City of Light, p. 65 .
  • Source Archive 1050
  • Collection Name
  • Collection Description A collection of photographs of Christchurch and surrounds taken in the course of the business of the Municipal Electricity Department. The images document the building of the M.E.D. building in the 1930s, various types of the electrical infrastructure, and includes views of the city from early to mid twentieth century.
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  • Collection Location Christchurch City Libraries Archive collection
  • File Reference CCL-MED-0074

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    This material has been digitised from the Archives and Manuscripts collection of Christchurch City Libraries.