File 1 - 1903-1926 [13 black and white photographs] includes cable laying and a staff photogaph from 1919. File 2 - 1926-1930 [16 black and white photographs] includes aerial view of Oxford Terrace and Manchester Streets 1929 and portrait of Dr H.T.J Thacker [MED Chairman] 1930 and Lines Departmentn staff 1930. File 3 - 1931-1935 [17 black and white photographs] includes Cathedral Square showing Godley plot, 1933 and portrait of Daniel Giles Sullivan, Mayor of Christchurch. File 4 - 1936-1940 [40 black and white photographs] includes staff photograph of long serving MED staff 1939, and staff portraits, 1938. File 5 - 1941-1945 [15 black and white photographs] includes portrait of F.S Williams, Chairman Electricity Committee 1941-1944 and parcels for MED staff in armed services, 1942. File 6 - 1946-1950 [14 black and white photographs] includes panorma opf Sumner, dated 1947 and Ballantynes fire in 1947, view from Cathefral Square. File 7 - 1951-1960 [9 black and white photographs] includes MED cabling Moorhouse Avenue and Mr kershaw following an accident on Carlton Mill Road, 1958. File 8 - 1961-1965 [19 black and white photographs] includes lines training school with instructor E.H. Mace dated 1961. File 9 - 1962-1978 [5 black and white photographs, 5 contact sheets] of Mr J.P Shelley, General Manager MED File 10 - 1966-1970 [6 black and white photographs] includes 1967 photograpjh of Mr J.P Shelley farewelling J. Messenger after 52 years at MED. File 11 - 1971-1981 [11 colour photographs and 8 black and white photographs] includes Lines Department staff photograph, 1977 and portraits of W.P Glue, Councillorand E.H Mace, Chief Engineer. File 12 - 1981 [7 gamma ray negatives] Cable Damage 13 May 1981. File 13 - 1909-1962 [16 black and white photographs, 1 colour photograph] includes Armagh Street, Convertor 1926. File 14 - 1903 - 1914 [4 black and white photographs] includes photohgtaphs from evening paper April 1917 showing damage to the electrical storgae battery chamber. File 15 - 7 colour negatives, undated with instructions on how to assist an injured staff member. File 16 - 1958 [ 1 black and white photograph] showing Cathedral Square looking south west towards the Post Office, 13 August 1958, showing lighting at night. File 17 - 1932 - 1980 [5 black and whoye photographs and 2 colour photographs, 1 document] includes 1932 letter about elecgtrical ranges and a phoothgaph of a lamp post being erected in front of the Press Building, Cathedral Square. File 18 - 7th May 1942, letter from A.R Harris Company regarding converting a Wa;lker tractor to electric model.