“The Piano”, the shelf

Every record the archive holds about Christchurch, the oldest first. The originals live at the provider each row links to.

Every collection Papers PastCanterbury StoriesKura Heritage Collections OnlineTe Papa Collections OnlineNational Publicity Studios black and white file printsTAPUHICanterbury MuseumAuckland Museum CollectionsNew Zealand GazetteDigital Public Library of AmericaV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionChristchurch City Libraries FlickrHocken Digital CollectionsMuseums VictoriaAir Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph CollectionWellington City Council ArchivesThe New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi KōreroNew Zealand Electronic Text CollectionChristchurch City Libraries Heritage Images CollectionLincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku IhoFlickrRadio New ZealandAlexander Turnbull Library FlickrAuckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiTe Hikoi MuseumiNaturalist NZ — Mātaki TaiaoManawatū HeritageCanterbury Photography MuseumAkaroa MuseumHawke's Bay Museum Every paper StarEvening PostLyttelton TimesAuckland Weekly NewsEllesmere GuardianAshburton GuardianAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserPhotographs / He WhakaahuaOtago WitnessWanganui ChronicleOtago Daily TimesAuckland StarPhotographyColonistTimaru HeraldNZ TruthSamuel Anstey collectionWanganui HeraldArchives NZ Collections searchHawera & Normanby StarNorth Otago TimesPhotographic ArchivePoverty Bay HeraldMarlborough ExpressGrey River ArgusThames StarPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionWest Coast TimesNatural ScienceNelson Evening MailFeilding StarWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletTaranaki HeraldRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignHawke's Bay HeraldSouthland TimesNorthern AdvocateManawatu TimesWildey collection2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesObserverThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryParks and gardens : glass slidesBush AdvocateWellington Independent1940s Christchurch Star photographs Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1501. the 1900s
1501. 23 Nov 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1502. 23 Nov 1907

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 23 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1503. 23 Nov 1907

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 23 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1504. 27 Nov 1907

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 27 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1505. 30 Nov 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1506. 30 Nov 1907

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 30 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1507. 4 Dec 1907

      Taranaki Herald. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1907. FROZEN MEAT. (Taranaki Herald, 04 December 1907) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1508. 7 Dec 1907

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 07 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1509. 7 Dec 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1510. 7 Dec 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1511. 10 Dec 1907

      LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 10 December 1907) Wairarapa Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1512. 14 Dec 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1513. 14 Dec 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 14 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1514. 21 Dec 1907

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 21 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1515. 21 Dec 1907

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1516. 31 Dec 1907

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 31 December 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1517. 2 Jan 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1518. 4 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 04 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1519. 4 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 04 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1520. 4 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 04 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1521. 4 Jan 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 04 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1522. 7 Jan 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 07 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1523. 10 Jan 1908

      Page 1 Advertisements Column 6 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 10 January 1908) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1524. 11 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 11 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1525. 16 Jan 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 16 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1526. 18 Jan 1908

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1527. 18 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1528. 18 Jan 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1529. 18 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 18 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1530. 25 Jan 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 25 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1531. 27 Jan 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 27 January 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1532. 1 Feb 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1533. 1 Feb 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1534. 6 Feb 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1535. 7 Feb 1908

      Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1536. 11 Feb 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1537. 15 Feb 1908

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1538. 21 Feb 1908

      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1539. 22 Feb 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1540. 22 Feb 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 22 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1541. 29 Feb 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1542. 29 Feb 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1543. 3 Mar 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1544. 5 Mar 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1545. 7 Mar 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 07 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1546. 13 Mar 1908

      LOCAL ANn GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 13 March 1908) Feilding Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1547. 14 Mar 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 14 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1548. 14 Mar 1908

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 14 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1549. 14 Mar 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 14 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1550. 28 Mar 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1551. 28 Mar 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1552. 4 Apr 1908

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1553. 9 Apr 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1554. 13 Apr 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1555. 18 Apr 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1556. 18 Apr 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1557. 25 Apr 1908

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1558. 25 Apr 1908

      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 25 April 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1559. 2 May 1908

      Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
1560. 2 May 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1561. 11 May 1908

      LOCAL & GENERAL NEWS. (Marlborough Express, 11 May 1908) Marlborough Express · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1562. 12 May 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 12 May 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1563. 16 May 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1564. 23 May 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1565. 28 May 1908

      Untitled (Taranaki Herald, 28 May 1908) Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1566. 29 May 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1567. 30 May 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1568. 30 May 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 May 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1569. 4 Jun 1908

      LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Ashburton Guardian, 04 June 1908) Ashburton Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1570. 6 Jun 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 06 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
1571. 6 Jun 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 06 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1572. 6 Jun 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 06 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1573. 10 Jun 1908

      TYPICAL SIRES. (Otago Witness, 10 June 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1574. 12 Jun 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 12 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1575. 13 Jun 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 13 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1576. 13 Jun 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 13 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1577. 18 Jun 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 18 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1578. 20 Jun 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 20 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1579. 20 Jun 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 20 June 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1580. 1 Jul 1908

      FROOTOIDS (Otago Witness, 01 July 1908) Otago Witness · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1581. 4 Jul 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1582. 14 Jul 1908

      CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITIONS. (Star, 14 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1583. 25 Jul 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 25 July 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1584. 5 Aug 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1585. 8 Aug 1908

      Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1586. 8 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1587. 8 Aug 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1588. 15 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 15 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1589. 15 Aug 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 15 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1590. 15 Aug 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1591. 22 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1592. 22 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1593. 22 Aug 1908

      Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 22 August 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1594. 22 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1595. 24 Aug 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 24 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1596. 26 Aug 1908

      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 26 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1597. 29 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
1598. 29 Aug 1908

      Page 6 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1599. 29 Aug 1908

      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
1600. 29 Aug 1908

      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 August 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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