Winter in Canterbury: Picturing Canterbury

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A selection of winter themed photographs from Canterbury Stories

Gilberthorpe Cottage in Snow 1945, Entry in the 2008 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt. CCL-DW-3055 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 NZ.
Winter in the garden city, Entry in the 2012 Christchurch Photo Hunt by Angela Thomas, CCL-Kete-6521 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Snow in Akaroa
Snow in Early Akaroa. Snow on Brasenose, above buildings along Beach Road in Akaroa. Contributor's note: "This picture could have been taken in the late 1870s and into the 1880s. No known copyright. CCL-Kete-755.
Three views of the big snow of 1918, Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt, CCL-Kete-11919 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ
Snowfall on Riccarton Road, Entry in the 2013 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt by Dave Reynolds, CCL-PH13-271 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 NZ
Snow on North Beach, 6 June 2012, by Gina Hubert CCL-Kete-10082 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ

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