“"a"”, 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 TimesEllesmere GuardianAuckland Weekly NewsAshburton GuardianAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserWanganui ChronicleOtago WitnessPhotographs / He WhakaahuaOtago Daily TimesAuckland StarTimaru HeraldColonistNZ TruthWanganui HeraldPhotographyHawera & Normanby StarMarlborough ExpressSamuel Anstey collectionGrey River ArgusPoverty Bay HeraldArchives NZ Collections searchNorth Otago TimesPhotographic ArchiveThames StarWest Coast TimesFeilding StarNelson Evening MailPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWairarapa Daily TimesTaranaki HeraldNew Zealand TabletMataura EnsignTaranaki Daily NewsRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSouthland TimesMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionHawke's Bay HeraldNorthern AdvocateManawatu TimesWildey collectionObserver2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesBush AdvocateThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryWellington IndependentClutha LeaderDaily Telegraph Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

27101. the 1900s
27101. 1900

       Café Continental, Sumner N.Z. Lilian Beaumont postcard collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27102. 1900

       Views of Lyttelton and Harbour Drayton album · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27103. 1900

       Ship at Lyttelton wharf Christchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27104. 1900

       Sketch map of the country intended for settlement, Canterbury by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27105. 1900

       Torpedo boat 2023 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27106. 1900

       Group at Mount Pleasant, Redcliffs, Lyttelton explosion Drayton album · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27107. 1900

       Old accommodation house for the early immigrants Gimblett family collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27108. 1900

       Avon River, Christchurch, 1906 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 409078 · Auckland Libraries
27109. 1900

       The Avon, Christchurch by New Zealand Graphic; Rayner, Walter Moody, 1869-1939 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27110. 1900

       Bridge over the Avon River, Christchurch, 1906 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27111. 1900

       Canoeing on the Avon River, Christchurch, 1906 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 409071 · Auckland Libraries
27112. 1900

       Canoeing on the Avon River, Christchurch, 1906 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 408937 · Auckland Libraries
27113. 1900

       Rowing on the Avon River, Christchurch, 1906 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27114. 1900

       Avon River, Christchurch, 1906 Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 409084 · Auckland Libraries
27115. 1900

       Bridge over the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27116. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11724 · Christchurch City Libraries
27117. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11820 · Christchurch City Libraries
27118. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11500 · Christchurch City Libraries
27119. 1900

       Five boaters on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27120. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11628 · Christchurch City Libraries
27121. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11622 · Christchurch City Libraries
27122. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11648 · Christchurch City Libraries
27123. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11005 · Christchurch City Libraries
27124. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11704 · Christchurch City Libraries
27125. 1900

       Bathing in the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27126. 1900

       The River Avon, Christchurch, N.Z. 2014 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27127. 1900

       A man standing by the Avon Christchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27128. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10494 · Christchurch City Libraries
27129. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10415 · Christchurch City Libraries
27130. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11738 · Christchurch City Libraries
27131. 1900

       Woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11647 · Christchurch City Libraries
27132. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11482 · Christchurch City Libraries
27133. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11765 · Christchurch City Libraries
27134. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11802 · Christchurch City Libraries
27135. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11707 · Christchurch City Libraries
27136. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11799 · Christchurch City Libraries
27137. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11798 · Christchurch City Libraries
27138. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10443 · Christchurch City Libraries
27139. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10449 · Christchurch City Libraries
27140. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10451 · Christchurch City Libraries
27141. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10382 · Christchurch City Libraries
27142. 1900

       Two men in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10794 · Christchurch City Libraries
27143. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10824 · Christchurch City Libraries
27144. 1900

       Two women and a girl by the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27145. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11485 · Christchurch City Libraries
27146. 1900

       Woman and a girl by the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27147. 1900

       Iris Brent on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27148. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10820 · Christchurch City Libraries
27149. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11745 · Christchurch City Libraries
27150. 1900

       Woman and a girl in canoes on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27151. 1900

       Two swans on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27152. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10495 · Christchurch City Libraries
27153. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10497 · Christchurch City Libraries
27154. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10503 · Christchurch City Libraries
27155. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10504 · Christchurch City Libraries
27156. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10972 · Christchurch City Libraries
27157. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10797 · Christchurch City Libraries
27158. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10751 · Christchurch City Libraries
27159. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11731 · Christchurch City Libraries
27160. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11708 · Christchurch City Libraries
27161. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10445 · Christchurch City Libraries
27162. 1900

       The Avon River with a group in a rowboat by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27163. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10359 · Christchurch City Libraries
27164. 1900

       Woman in canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27165. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10710 · Christchurch City Libraries
27166. 1900

       Woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11138 · Christchurch City Libraries
27167. 1900

       Woman in a tethered rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27168. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11140 · Christchurch City Libraries
27169. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11594 · Christchurch City Libraries
27170. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11624 · Christchurch City Libraries
27171. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11645 · Christchurch City Libraries
27172. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11619 · Christchurch City Libraries
27173. 1900

       Boaters on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27174. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11590 · Christchurch City Libraries
27175. 1900

       Two men and two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27176. 1900

       Woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11654 · Christchurch City Libraries
27177. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11100 · Christchurch City Libraries
27178. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11514 · Christchurch City Libraries
27179. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11513 · Christchurch City Libraries
27180. 1900

       Three women and a man in a double rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27181. 1900

       Two women and a man in a double rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27182. 1900

       Man and woman in a tethered rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27183. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10951 · Christchurch City Libraries
27184. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11484 · Christchurch City Libraries
27185. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11507 · Christchurch City Libraries
27186. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11006 · Christchurch City Libraries
27187. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11597 · Christchurch City Libraries
27188. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11629 · Christchurch City Libraries
27189. 1900

       Two women in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11515 · Christchurch City Libraries
27190. 1900

       Man and woman in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11533 · Christchurch City Libraries
27191. 1900

       The Avon River at Avonside, part a Christmas card Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
27192. 1900

       Avon River scene by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27193. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10492 · Christchurch City Libraries
27194. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11706 · Christchurch City Libraries
27195. 1900

       Man in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11716 · Christchurch City Libraries
27196. 1900

       Woman in a canoe on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 11627 · Christchurch City Libraries
27197. 1900

       Man in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10486 · Christchurch City Libraries
27198. 1900

       Two men in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · no. 10389 · Christchurch City Libraries
27199. 1900

       Woman and girl in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
27200. 1900

       Two boys in a rowboat on the Avon River by Samuel Anstey · Samuel Anstey collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries

Most of these originals are not republishable here, the link goes to the provider that keeps them. A search result is a lead, not evidence: what a document actually says is only claimed once somebody has read it, and those readings live on the place pages.