How many records does the archive hold?

60,434 records about Christchurch, every one linked at the provider that keeps the original.

How far back does the archive reach?

1800, the oldest record on file.

Where do the records come from?

30 collections: council archives, Papers Past, DigitalNZ’s partners, cemetery registers, the heritage list itself. The shelf says what exists and where it lives.

Are these documents verified?

They are leads and citations, not evidence, a record says a document exists and where to read it. What a document actually says is only claimed once somebody has read it; those readings live on the place pages.

Photography

Every Photography record the archive holds about Christchurch, each linked at the National Library’s Papers Past, where the original page sits.

1,096 records matching 0 of these 100 with their text read

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the 1880s
1 Jan 1880
Taranaki or New Plymouth. From the album: New Zealand Scenery, Series 1 by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Kawau, Sir George Grey's Residence. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Alfred Falls, North Island. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
The Museum, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Synagogue, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
On the Avon, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
The Exhibition, Christchurch. From the album: New Zealand Scenery, Series 1 by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Bearded man by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Mr Hart by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Woman standing by a pillar by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Man sitting on a chair by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Portrait of a man by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Bealy Terrace, Hokitika Road. From the album: New Zealand album by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Wool wagon, Cheviot by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Punch Bowl Falls, Otira Gorge, 28 February 1878. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son; Daniel Mundy · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Snake Falls, Otira Gorge, 28 February 1878. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son; Daniel Mundy · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Man with double-breasted waistcoat. From the album: Oliver family album by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Young girl sitting on a chair by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Child sitting on a table by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Little girl sitting on a chair by Peter Niels Schourup · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Woman. From the album: Geddes carte-de-visite album by John Spiller · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu. From the album: New Zealand Scenery, Series 1 by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Captain Williams. From the album: Guard Family Collection: Cartes de Visite album by Robert W. Meers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Elderly woman holding a rose Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Bullock Team and Wool Waggon, Cheviot. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by E. Wheeler & Son; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Oamaru. From the album: New Zealand Scenery, Series 1 by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Otira Gorge. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Timaru Breakwater. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Crossing the Teremakau. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Arthur's Pass. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Meeting of the waters, Oripi. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Chalky or Dark Inlet. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
The Bealey, Hokitika Coach Road. From the album: Scenes of New Zealand by Unknown; Messrs. F. Bradley & Co. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Lancaster Park, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Mrs Hart from Christchurch by Wrigglesworth & Binns · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Christchurch. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Sunnyside Asylum - Christchurch - Women's room by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Post and Telegraph Office - Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Untitled by Standish & Preece · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 273458 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Untitled by Standish & Preece · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 273457 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Clara Wilkinson by Standish & Preece · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Portrait of a woman by Standish & Preece · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Huka Falls, Waikato River by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Dunedin. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Giant Buttress, WhiteTerrace by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Diamond Lake, Wakatipu. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Ben Lomond, Wakatipu. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Mount Earnslaw, Wakatipu. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Mirror Pool, Wakatipu. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Little girl by John Spiller · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 443347 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Otira Gorge. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
View of Auckland. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Little girl by John Spiller · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 443349 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Woman - Mary [?] by George and Walton · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Giant Buttress, White Terrace. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Mount Tarawera & The Terraces. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Pink Terrace, Rotomahana. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Little girl and baby by John Spiller · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
"Crown" Ranges, Frankton, Lake Wakatipu. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Mount Tarawera and The Terraces by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Woman with a Japanese parasol by Eden George Co. Ltd. · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Cullen and Party's sluicing claim at Kumara by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1880
Grahamstown Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
2 Mar 1880
Cashel Street. Christchurch. N.Z. Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
3 Mar 1880
Supreme Courts, River Avon, Christchurch Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
3 Mar 1880
River Avon, Christchurch 3rd March 1880 Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Cathedral, Christchurch by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Christchurch Cathedral. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527834 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527833 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527832 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527825 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527826 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527820 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527831 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527824 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527830 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower. From the album: Panorama of Christchurch NZ, from Cathedral Tower by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1527829 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1881
Leslie Seton Melville, 6 years by Nelson Cherrill · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Bank of New Zealand, Hereford St, Christchurch by Burton Brothers; Alfred Burton · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Christchurch. From the album: New Zealand Views by Burton Brothers; Alfred Burton · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Sunnyside Asylum - Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Normal School, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 18499 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Normal School, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 440011 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Normal School - Christchurch. From the album: N.Z. Scenery by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1882
Exhibition, Christchurch, 1882 by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1884
Colombo Road, Sydenham, Christchurch by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1884
Christchurch Cathedral by Frank Coxhead · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1884
Christchurch by Burton Brothers; Unknown · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1884
Victoria Bridge, Christchurch, NZ. From the album: New Zealand Scenery by Frank Coxhead · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1885
Wellington. From Catholic cemetery by Burton Brothers · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1885
Young man by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1885
Woman by Wrigglesworth & Binns · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1885
Infant sitting on a cushion by Wrigglesworth & Binns · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1885
Infant dressed in fur bonnet and cape by Wrigglesworth & Binns · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1886
Site of Pink Terrace. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1886
Mount and Lake Tarawera, after eruption. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
1 Jan 1886
Looking down onto the site of the White Terrace, after eruption. From the album: Scenery by E. Wheeler & Son · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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.

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