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First Canterbury Workers' Educational Association Summer School, 1920.
A photograph of the first CWEA (Canterbury Workers' Educational Association) Summer School, Oxford, 1920. Members of the Page, Ockenden, Struthers and Johnson families were among the participants. Anti-militarists Ted Howard, Clyde Carr, and Robert…
Robert Laing with CWEA group on Port HIlls
A photograph of Robert Laing, the science master at Christchurch Boys' High School, with a group from the WEA on a field trip in the Port Hills.
The Case against Compulsory Military Training', by C. Reginald Ford
A photograph of the cover of 'The Case against Compulsory Military Training', by C. Reginald Ford, published by the Maoriland Worker and National Peace Council in 1912
'Paparua Prison – In Memory of Those Who Suffered for Conscience Sake 1916 - 1919'
A photograph of 60 signatures of conscientious objectors who spent time in Paparua Prison
Meeting of the National Council of Women, Christchurch 1897
A photograph of the delegates to the second meeting of the National Council of Women, Christchurch, 1897. Ada Wells is seated in the middle row, second from left. Kate Sheppard is in the same row, fourth from left.
Public school cadets in Victoria Square
A photograph of public school cadets in Victoria Square, Christchurch, 24 May 1907.
Propaganda Tram, Christchurch 1915
A photograph of a propaganda tram in Christchurch with the inscription: 'A question you will have to answer some day, FATHER what did YOU do to help when Britain fought for freedom in 1915? What will your answer be?'
'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World'
'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World', a pamphlet produced by the National Peace Council and the Anti-Militarist League in August 1913.
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Observer Cartoon (1)
A cartoon showing a 'shirker' getting married in an attempt to avoid conscription.