Museum Object of the Week - Week 28

'All it takes is imagination' ~ inscription on the reverse of this reproduction of an old photo.

We wonder what new product would pull a crowd of today’s Lyttltonians down to London Street to crowd around a shop window.

These eager folk are listening to Lyttelton's first radio at H. H. Lublow's (now Civil & Naval), believed to be the first radio shop in the South Island, sometime before 1928.

This pic marks the start of our#MuseumObjectOfTheWeek posts. We'll be sharing all kinds of gems picked from our collection by our Committee Members over the