“"Watson Street"”, 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 WitnessPhotographySamuel Anstey collectionOtago Daily TimesArchives NZ Collections searchNZ TruthTimaru HeraldWanganui ChroniclePhotographic ArchiveColonistNorth Otago TimesAuckland StarPoverty Bay HeraldHawera & Normanby StarMarlborough ExpressWanganui HeraldGrey River ArgusPlantsGreg O’Beirne collectionNatural ScienceWest Coast TimesNelson Evening MailThames StarRecords of the Office of the Secretary of DefenseMED Historical PhotographsFeilding StarJessie Buckland collectionWairarapa Daily TimesTaranaki HeraldNew Zealand TabletTaranaki Daily NewsMataura EnsignWildey collectionHawke's Bay Herald2019 Photo HuntJan Shuttleworth Collection2013 Photo HuntPioneer Amateur Sports club imagesChristchurch and Banks Peninsula glass plate collectionSutton glass platesSouthland TimesNorthern AdvocateThe imperial album of New Zealand sceneryArt2014 Photo HuntHuman HistoryManawatu TimesParks and gardens : glass slidesObserver1940s Christchurch Star photographsLog book, May 1862 to May 1864Wellington Independent Oldest first Newest first Newest to the shelf

1. the 1850s
1. 4 Nov 1859

   LYTTELTON. (Colonist, 04 November 1859) Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2. the 1860s
2. 4 Jan 1862

   BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 04 January 1862) Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. the 1890s
3. 16 Nov 1897

   Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 November 1897) Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4. 12 Sept 1898

   Page 8 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 12 September 1898) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5. the 1900s
5. 22 Aug 1908

   Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 22 August 1908) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6. the 1930s
6. 20 Apr 1933

   PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 20 April 1933) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7. 7 Mar 1939

   PLEASANT SURPRISE" (Evening Post, 07 March 1939) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8. the 1940s
8. 26 Jun 1941

   ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 26 June 1941) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 3 places
9. the 2010s
9. 1 Sept 2010

   New Zealand Transport Agency (Speed Limits on State Highways) Bylaw 2010/10 New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place

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