Scope and Contents Photograph taken looking down upon a crowd of people as they watch the first stone for the new Athenaeum, the first home of the Invercargill Public Library, being lowered towards the ground by the Master of the Southern Cross Masonic Lodge - William Craig.

Overview Photograph featuring a gathering/parade on Dee Steet, Invercargill. Showing the west side of the street between Spey and Leet Streets, with the City Private Hotel and Hanan's Buildings. Banners held aloft features the words 'The Southland Implement and Engineering Company'. Two men in the centre are waving large flags - one New Zealand, one American.