Nine framed pictures that were displayed at the Regent Cinema until its destruction in the Canterbury Earthquakes. Two pictures of the Square and the Cathedral dated 1905, around the time the Regent building was being built. One image depicts the frontage of the theatre in the 1950s and the remaining images are from 1979 when the ceiling collapsed during a flood.

Photographs include: 1. The Royal Cafe – Terminus for the trams. 1905. 26.5 x 33.5cm From the Weekly Press, 13 December 1905. Credit: Canterbury Museum 2. Cathedral Square c1905-7. 32.5 x 28.5cm. Credit: Beken Collection and Canterbury Museum 3. The Regent Cinema, c1950’s. Later became known as ‘Regent on The Square’. 28 x 24.5cm. Credit: Green and Hahn photo; A. F. Stacey Collection and Canterbury Museum. 4. Building of the Regent Building and laying of the Electric Tramways tracks. 1905. 28 x 22.5cm. From The Canterbury Times, 25 January 1905. Credit: Canterbury Museum. 5. Workman doing repairs on the original atmospheric interior of the Regent Theatre. Date Unknown. 28 x 32.5cm. Credit: The Christchurch Star. 6. The Royal Cafe, Cathedral Square. Photo taken on the day of Annual Diocesan Choral Festival, shows a number of visitors on their way to the Cafe for afternoon tea. Date Unknown. 19 x 18.5cm. Credit: Weekly Press and Canterbury Museum. 7. Interior shot of the auditorium the morning after the 1979 fire that gutted the Regent Theatre. 1979. 37 x 33cm. Credit: The Christchurch Star. 8. Interior shot of the main stair entrance the morning after the 1979 fire that gutted the Regent Theatre. 1979. 31.5 x 41.5 cm. Credit: The Christchurch Star. 9. Aerial view of the collapsed roof of the Regent Theatre after fire gutted the building November 1979. 37 x 33cm. Credit Derrick Tonkin photo and The Christchurch Star.