“"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 HeraldHawera & Normanby StarMarlborough ExpressPhotographyGrey River ArgusPoverty Bay HeraldSamuel Anstey collectionNorth Otago TimesArchives NZ Collections searchPhotographic ArchiveThames StarWest Coast TimesFeilding StarNelson Evening MailPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceTaranaki HeraldWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletMataura EnsignTaranaki Daily NewsRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseSouthland TimesNorthern AdvocateHawke's Bay HeraldMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionManawatu TimesObserverWildey collection2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionBush AdvocateSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryWellington IndependentManawatu StandardClutha Leader Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

51201. the 1920s
51201. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058076 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51202. 1920

       Len Sutton sitting beneath a blossom tree Sutton glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51203. 1920

       House corner of Barrington Street and Rose Street, 1923 2014 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51204. 1920

       Unidentified substation by Municipal Electricity Department · MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51205. 1920

       John and Elizabeth Sutton sitting on a bench Sutton glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51206. 1920

       Lyttelton Marine Band Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51207. 1920

       The corner of Rossall and Rhodes Streets in 1925 by Charles John Beken · 2015 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51208. 1920

       Alice Grundy watering a trough 2013 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51209. 1920

       New Brighton Fire Brigade Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51210. 1920

       Tyson's shop in Belfast Local scenes and places · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51211. 1920

       Belfast School concert performers Local people and functions · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51212. 1920

       Wharenui School class portrait postcard 2023 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51213. 1920

       Additions to house on the corner of Barrington and Rose Streets, 1923 2014 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51214. 1920

       Pleasant Point Yacht Club prize-giving Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51215. 1920

       R. Haworth on a penny-farthing Pioneer Amateur Sports club images · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51216. 1920

       Unidentified man with a penny-farthing Pioneer Amateur Sports club images · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51217. 1920

       [Christchurch Cathedral] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1056947 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51218. 1920

       [Christchurch Cathedral] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1056946 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51219. 1920

       [Christchurch Cathedral] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1057990 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51220. 1920

       People on New Brighton Beach Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51221. 1920

       Picnic at New Brighton beach 2013 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51222. 1920

       Two motorcyclists cornering a bend at New Brighton Racecourse Pioneer Amateur Sports club images · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51223. 1920

       Mr Smith with three vehicles Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · no. 93150 · Christchurch City Libraries
51224. 1920

       Mr Smith with three vehicles Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · no. 93151 · Christchurch City Libraries
51225. 1920

       Sumner's Esplanade, Christchurch by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51226. 1920

       Cave Road, Sumner, Christchurch by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058116 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51227. 1920

       Cave Road, Sumner, Christchurch by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058118 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51228. 1920

       Cave Rock, Sumner Beach Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51229. 1920

       Sumner School for the Deaf Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 265979 · Auckland Libraries
51230. 1920

       Sumner School for the Deaf Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 265985 · Auckland Libraries
51231. 1920

       Sumner School for the Deaf Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 265987 · Auckland Libraries
51232. 1920

       Cattle at Sumner School for the Deaf Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51233. 1920

       A day trip to Sumner 2010 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · no. 66583 · Christchurch City Libraries
51234. 1920

       A day trip to Sumner 2010 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · no. 66555 · Christchurch City Libraries
51235. 1920

       Refectory table Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51236. 1920

       Refectory tables Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 265980 · Auckland Libraries
51237. 1920

       Refectory tables Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 265990 · Auckland Libraries
51238. 1920

       Sutton family at Sumner 2013 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51239. 1920

       Car and driver Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51240. 1920

       Lyttelton tugboat in harbour Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51241. 1920

       [Lyttelton Harbour] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058087 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51242. 1920

       [Lyttelton Harbour] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058089 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51243. 1920

       [Lyttelton Harbour] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058085 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51244. 1920

       Working cargo at Lyttelton Port Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51245. 1920

       Boat at ferry wharf Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51246. 1920

       Passenger launch, Onawe Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51247. 1920

       S. S. Wahine at Lyttelton Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51248. 1920

       Leprosy patients on Quail Island, back Demicheli photos and glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51249. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058064 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51250. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058054 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51251. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058061 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51252. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058068 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51253. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058056 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51254. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058060 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51255. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058052 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51256. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058073 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51257. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058069 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51258. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058081 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51259. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058051 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51260. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058066 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51261. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058072 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51262. 1920

       [Avon River, Christchurch] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1058053 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51263. 1920

       [Park Bridge - Otakaro/Avon River] by Una Garlick · Documentary Heritage · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
51264. 1920

       [Seagulls on the banks of the Otakaro/Avon River] by Una Garlick · Documentary Heritage · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
51265. 1920

       [Children in a rowboat on the Otakaro/Avon River] by Una Garlick · Documentary Heritage · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
51266. 1920

       Two men and a woman in a boat on the Avon River, Christchurch Culture Waitaki · Waitaki District Council
51267. 1920

       [Children on the banks of the Otakaro/Avon River] by Una Garlick · Documentary Heritage · Auckland Museum Collections · Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
51268. 1920

       [Christchurch botanical garden] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1056964 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51269. 1920

       [Christchurch botanical garden] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1057986 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51270. 1920

       [Christchurch botanical garden] by Roland Searle · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · no. 1056967 · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51271. 1920

       Dignitaries at an opening 2014 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51272. 1920

       In Hagley Park, Chch by George Chance · Photography · Te Papa Collections Online · Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
51273. 1920

       Scarborough Hill Notebook · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51274. 1920

       Scarborough Hill [negative mounted in notebook], page 49 Notebook · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51275. 1920

       Hilda Mary Heckler, Scarborough Hill [negative mounted in notebook], page 50 Notebook · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51276. 1920

       Hilda Mary Heckler, Scarborough Hill Notebook · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51277. 1920

       Marshland War Memorial Gates, 1920s 2014 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51278. 1920

       Flying over Christchurch, 1928. by Mill, Frank Douglas, 1899-1990 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51279. 1920

       John Sutton with a pipe Sutton glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51280. 1920

       Bill Sutton wearing a hat Sutton glass plates · Canterbury Stories · no. 71312 · Christchurch City Libraries
51281. 1920

       Stewart Bros. store front Ernest Smith, photographs and papers · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51282. 1920

       St James' Church, Riccarton, Christchurch Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 411218 · Auckland Libraries
51283. 1920

       St James' Church, Riccarton, Christchurch Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · no. 411219 · Auckland Libraries
51284. 1920

       Bill Sutton wearing a hat Sutton glass plates · Canterbury Stories · no. 71326 · Christchurch City Libraries
51285. 1920

       Map of Christchurch and suburbs Christchurch Drainage Board, plans, maps and drawings · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51286. 1920

       Christchurch Technical College A Hockey team 2023 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51287. 1920

       Sutton family portrait on a veranda Sutton glass plates · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51288. 1920

       Riccarton House at Christchurch from the air by Mill, Frank Douglas, 1899-1990 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51289. 1920

       Sunnyside Hospital at Christchurch from the air by Mill, Frank Douglas, 1899-1990 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51290. 1920

       Mount Magdala at Christchurch from the air by Mill, Frank Douglas, 1899-1990 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
51291. 1920

       Christchurch Technical High School A Hockey team 2023 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51292. 1920

       Central city block plans, key Central city block plans · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51293. 1920

       At the Bridge of Remembrance 2016 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51294. 1920

       A peep at Christ's College 2019 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51295. 1920

       Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd Free Animal Ambulance Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51296. 1920

       Worker covering ducts in trench by Municipal Electricity Department · MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51297. 1920

       Fred Sellers Local people and functions · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51298. 1920

       Group Hugh Brown collection · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51299. 1920

       Materials for building the Styx Bridge Local scenes and places · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
51300. 1920

       Wigram Aerodrome from the air, 1928 by Mill, Frank Douglas, 1899-1990 · Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland 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.