“"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 AmericaChristchurch City Libraries FlickrV.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph CollectionHocken 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 TimesHawke's Bay HeraldMED Historical PhotographsNorthern AdvocateJessie Buckland collectionManawatu TimesObserverWildey collection2013 Photo Hunt2019 Photo HuntCafe Cecil collectionPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesJan Shuttleworth CollectionChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionBush AdvocateSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand scenery2014 Photo HuntArtHuman HistoryWellington IndependentHeritage buildings documentation Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

61001. the 1930s
61001. 24 Apr 1939

       TOPICS FOR WOMEN OBITUARY DIET TALK TO MOTHERS HAWAIIAN DANCE WEDDING HUTT VALLEY NEWS THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE GARDEN RECEPTION TRACY—HARDING. HERE AND THERE PALMERSTON NORTH BRIDE GIFTS WOULD BE APPRECI- ATED (Evening Post, 24 April 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61002. 24 Apr 1939

       ROYAL AIR FORGE (Evening Post, 24 April 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61003. 24 Apr 1939

       IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 24 April 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61004. 25 Apr 1939

       ALB8553835b by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand
61005. 26 Apr 1939

       TURF NEWS IN BRIEF (Evening Post, 26 April 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61006. 26 Apr 1939

       Changing skyline in Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61007. 27 Apr 1939

       WELL-KNOWN. GOLFERS (Evening Post, 27 April 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61008. 27 Apr 1939

       MR. E.J. HOWARD, M.P. (Evening Post, 27 April 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61009. 1 May 1939

       CHRISTCHURCH FIGURES (Evening Post, 01 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61010. 1 May 1939

       IN OTHER CENTRES (Evening Post, 01 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61011. 1 May 1939

       A CANTERBURY PIONEER (Evening Post, 01 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61012. 1 May 1939

       Municipal Electricity Department office workers by Municipal Electricity Department · MED Historical Photographs · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
61013. 2 May 1939

       THE REV. F. R. INWOOD (Evening Post, 02 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61014. 2 May 1939

       LATE MR. HOWARD (Evening Post, 02 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61015. 2 May 1939

       FOUR DEBUTANTES (Evening Post, 02 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61016. 3 May 1939

       LABOUR PARTY NOMINATION (Evening Post, 03 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61017. 3 May 1939

       SHARP SHOCK (Evening Post, 03 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61018. 3 May 1939

       Removing the tall poplars by the River Avon, Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61019. 3 May 1939

       Friendly birds Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61020. 3 May 1939

       Investiture of the Order of St. John in Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61021. 4 May 1939

       OBITUARY (Evening Post, 04 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61022. 5 May 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 05 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61023. 5 May 1939

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Ellesmere Guardian, 05 May 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61024. 5 May 1939

       CHRISTCHURCH WOOL (Evening Post, 05 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61025. 8 May 1939

       LABOUR CANDIDATE (Evening Post, 08 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61026. 8 May 1939

       HARRIERS (Evening Post, 08 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61027. 8 May 1939

       DOUBLE TRAGEDY (Evening Post, 08 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61028. 9 May 1939

       YOU NEVER KNOW" (Evening Post, 09 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61029. 9 May 1939

       BY-ELECTION CANDIDATE (Evening Post, 09 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61030. 10 May 1939

       NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 10 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61031. 11 May 1939

       FORCED LANDING (Evening Post, 11 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61032. 11 May 1939

       AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 11 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61033. 12 May 1939

       PASSENGER KILLED (Evening Post, 12 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61034. 12 May 1939

       POLICE FORCE (Evening Post, 12 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61035. 12 May 1939

       GERMAN SEAMEN (Evening Post, 12 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61036. 12 May 1939

       AIR TRAGEDY (Evening Post, 12 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61037. 12 May 1939

       HERE and THERE- (Evening Post, 12 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61038. 13 May 1939

       THURSDAY'S WRECK (Evening Post, 13 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61039. 13 May 1939

       Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 13 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61040. 13 May 1939

       UNIVERSITY RUGBY (Evening Post, 13 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61041. 13 May 1939

       Tesla Studios'. Photo.. Acting Pilot-Officer Reginald I. McCrorie,who was killed instantly on Thursday evening when a Vickers Vildebeest. aeroplane crashed into a tree on the.boundary of Wigram Aerodrome,. Christchurch. The '■ other two occupants of the. aeroplane have since died from their injuries. (Evening Post, 13 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61042. 13 May 1939

       FATAL ACCIDENT (Evening Post, 13 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61043. 15 May 1939

       Green and Hahn Photo. The funeral of the late Pilot-Officer William Frederick Dawson (inset right) at Christchurch on Saturday afternoon. He died from burns received when a Vickers Vildebeest crashed into a tree and burst into flames at Wigram Ac rodrome on Thursday evening. (Evening Post, 15 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61044. 17 May 1939

       MAN KILLED (Evening Post, 17 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61045. 17 May 1939

       Capping day at Christchurch: annual graduation ceremony of Canterbury College held last week Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61046. 18 May 1939

       LONDON FUNDS (Evening Post, 18 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61047. 18 May 1939

       LABOUR PARTY IN 1905 (Evening Post, 18 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61048. 18 May 1939

       HIDING BEHIND A BOGY (Evening Post, 18 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61049. 18 May 1939

       HERE and THERE- (Evening Post, 18 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61050. 18 May 1939

       Miss Dorothy Maud Simes, who has been admitted at Christchurch as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. She is a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R. F. Simes, of Christchurch. (Evening Post, 18 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand
61051. 20 May 1939

       OBITUARY (Evening Post, 20 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61052. 20 May 1939

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 20 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61053. 20 May 1939

       ADDINGTON HANDICAPS (Evening Post, 20 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61054. 22 May 1939

       SERIOUS WATER SHORTAGE (Evening Post, 22 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61055. 23 May 1939

       CONCILIATION COUNCIL (Evening Post, 23 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61056. 23 May 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 23 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61057. 24 May 1939

       NEGLIGENCE NOT PROVED (Evening Post, 24 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61058. 25 May 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 25 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61059. 26 May 1939

       FATIGUE IN BLIND FLYING (Evening Post, 26 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61060. 27 May 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 27 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61061. 27 May 1939

       WIGRAM TRAGEDY (Evening Post, 27 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61062. 27 May 1939

       Page 16 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 27 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61063. 29 May 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 29 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61064. 29 May 1939

       CHRISTCHURCH RESULTS (Evening Post, 29 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61065. 30 May 1939

       MAN EJECTED (Evening Post, 30 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61066. 30 May 1939

       AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 30 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61067. 31 May 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 31 May 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61068. 31 May 1939

       Meeting Michael Joseph Savage on St Asaph Street 2016 Photo Hunt · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries
61069. 31 May 1939

       Great finish in cross-country event at Christchurch: inches separate first two men in Kennett Cup steeplechase Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61070. 1 Jun 1939

       AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 01 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61071. 2 Jun 1939

       SELF-GOVERNMENT (Evening Post, 02 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61072. 2 Jun 1939

       AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 02 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61073. 2 Jun 1939

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61074. 2 Jun 1939

       Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 02 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61075. 3 Jun 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 03 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61076. 3 Jun 1939

       ENGAGEMENTS (Evening Post, 03 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61077. 3 Jun 1939

       Page 5 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 03 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61078. 5 Jun 1939

       Letter, Percy Hamlin to his sister Molly by Hamlin, Percy John Havelock · Hawke's Bay Museum · Hawke's Bay Museum
61079. 5 Jun 1939

       BASKETBALL (Evening Post, 05 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61080. 6 Jun 1939

       SIX-A-SIDE TOURNEY AT CHRISTCHURCH (Ellesmere Guardian, 06 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61081. 6 Jun 1939

       MINIATURE RIFLES (Evening Post, 06 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61082. 6 Jun 1939

       BASKETBALL (Evening Post, 06 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61083. 7 Jun 1939

       University rugby at Christchurch Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61084. 7 Jun 1939

       Popular outing for South Island hikers Auckland Weekly News · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries
61085. 8 Jun 1939

       AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 08 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61086. 9 Jun 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 09 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61087. 9 Jun 1939

       NEWS OF THE DAY (Evening Post, 09 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61088. 9 Jun 1939

       PERSONAL (Ellesmere Guardian, 09 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61089. 10 Jun 1939

       CHATMOS IMPRESSIVE (Evening Post, 10 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61090. 12 Jun 1939

       HERE and THERE- (Evening Post, 12 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61091. 13 Jun 1939

       SPRINGS COUNTY (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61092. 13 Jun 1939

       SPRINGS-ELLESMERE BOARD (Ellesmere Guardian, 13 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61093. 13 Jun 1939

       HERE and THERE- (Evening Post, 13 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61094. 16 Jun 1939

       USE OF BICYCLES (Evening Post, 16 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61095. 16 Jun 1939

       ELLESMERE LANDS (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61096. 16 Jun 1939

       PERSONAL ITEMS (Evening Post, 16 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61097. 17 Jun 1939

       PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 17 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61098. 17 Jun 1939

       AT THE HOTELS (Evening Post, 17 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
61099. 19 Jun 1939

       DR. J. H. KEMP (Evening Post, 19 June 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
61100. 20 Jun 1939

       Springston (Ellesmere Guardian, 20 June 1939) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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