“Smiths City The Colombo”, 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 1870s
1. 11 Oct 1872

   CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 October 1872) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
2. 6 Apr 1878

   Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
3. 8 Apr 1878

   Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 08 April 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
4. 3 Oct 1878

   Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 03 October 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
5. 18 Dec 1878

   Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 18 December 1878) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
6. the 1890s
6. 13 May 1898

   ROAD BOARD. (Star, 13 May 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
7. 29 Oct 1898

   Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 October 1898) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
8. 7 Dec 1899

   Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 07 December 1899) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
9. the 1900s
9. 24 Dec 1901

   Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 24 December 1901) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
10. 4 Jan 1902

    Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 04 January 1902) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
11. 8 Jul 1904

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 08 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
12. 15 Jul 1904

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 15 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
13. 16 Jul 1904

    Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 July 1904) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
14. 19 Aug 1905

    Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 19 August 1905) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
15. 26 Oct 1906

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 26 October 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 2 places
16. 1 Nov 1906

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 01 November 1906) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
17. 29 Nov 1907

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 29 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
18. 30 Nov 1907

    Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 30 November 1907) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
19. 6 Feb 1908

    Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 06 February 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
20. 28 Mar 1908

    Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 28 March 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
21. 10 Oct 1908

    Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 10 October 1908) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
22. 23 Jan 1909

    Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 January 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read · about 1 place
23. 17 Jul 1909

    Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 17 July 1909) Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
24. the 1920s
24. 16 May 1923

    Page 8 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 16 May 1923) Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · text read
25. the 2000s
25. 10 May 2007

    Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
26. the 2010s
26. 17 Jun 2010

    Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
27. 14 Jul 2011

    Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 5 places
28. 15 Dec 2011

    Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 3 places
29. 13 Oct 2016

    Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 1 place
30. 15 Jun 2017

    Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register New Zealand Gazette · Department of Internal Affairs · text read · about 2 places
31. the 2000s
31. 2000

    Hare Krishna ratha in Santa Parade by Library Staff · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries · about 1 place

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