“"Dewsbury Lane"”, 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 WhakaahuaAkaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula AdvertiserAshburton GuardianOtago WitnessPhotographyOtago Daily TimesSamuel Anstey collectionWanganui ChronicleNZ TruthColonistArchives NZ Collections searchTimaru HeraldPhotographic ArchiveNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarHawera & Normanby StarPoverty Bay HeraldGrey 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 HuntSouthland TimesPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionNorthern AdvocateSutton glass platesThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsWellington IndependentBush Advocate Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1880s
1. 26 Jul 1886

   Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 26 July 1886) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
2. the 1890s
2. 1 Aug 1893

   Sydenham Borough Council (Star, 01 August 1893) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read

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