“"Cathedral Sq"”, 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 GuardianPhotographs / He WhakaahuaAshburton GuardianAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserOtago WitnessPhotographySamuel Anstey collectionOtago Daily TimesWanganui ChronicleColonistArchives NZ Collections searchNZ TruthTimaru HeraldPhotographic ArchiveNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarPoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarGrey River ArgusMarlborough ExpressWanganui HeraldPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWest Coast TimesNelson Evening MailThames StarFeilding StarRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsJessie Buckland collectionWairarapa Daily TimesNew Zealand TabletTaranaki HeraldTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignWildey collectionHawke's Bay Herald2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesSouthland TimesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesNorthern AdvocateThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsBush AdvocateLog book, May 1862 to May 1864 Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1860s
1. 12 Apr 1862

   ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.—CLAIMS TO VOTE—IB 62. (Lyttelton Times, 12 April 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
2. the 1890s
2. 28 Apr 1894

   Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Oxford Observer, 28 April 1894) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. 21 Nov 1896

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 21 November 1896) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4. 1 May 1897

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 01 May 1897) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5. 12 Jun 1897

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 12 June 1897) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6. 17 Jul 1897

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 17 July 1897) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7. 24 Jul 1897

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 24 July 1897) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8. 21 Aug 1897

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 21 August 1897) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9. 2 Oct 1897

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Oxford Observer, 02 October 1897) Oxford Observer · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10. the 1900s
10. 24 Sept 1907

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 September 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
11. the 1930s
11. 15 Jan 1932

    Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 15 January 1932) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12. 11 Jun 1937

    Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 11 June 1937) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13. 27 Aug 1937

    Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 27 August 1937) Ellesmere Guardian · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14. 1 Jan 1938

    ALB20171452005 by RNZAF Official · Air Force Museum of New Zealand Photograph Collection · Air Force Museum of New Zealand

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