# 2020 Photo Hunt: Christchurch records

Every 2020 Photo Hunt record the archive holds about Christchurch, 12 of them, 1889–1940, oldest first.

12 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original.

- [Harkess family portrait](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-15710), 1889-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [James Huston](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-15709), 1893-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Cathedral Square postcard reverse](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17398), 1920-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Bean delivery truck](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17383), 1929-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Smart & Son truck](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17379), 1929-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Palmer & Doak](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17378), 1930-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Flooding on Colombo Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17385), 1936-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Regent Theatre Rangiora](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17401), 1936-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Perce Skinner's Harmonica Band](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17411), 1938-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Regent Theatre Rangiora newspaper ad](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17402), 1938-11-08, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Chatting with the neighbours](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17388), 1940-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt
- [Murphy Bros Staff Photo](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2020/ccl-cs-17412), 1940-01-01, 2020 Photo Hunt

## Questions, answered briefly

**What was the 2020 Photo Hunt?**

A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 12 of its records that mention Christchurch, 1889–1940. The full run lives at the National Library, not here.

**How much of the 2020 Photo Hunt does the archive hold?**

12 records, the #157 heaviest file of the 285 mastheads on the shelf.

**What years do the 2020 Photo Hunt records cover?**

1889 through 1940, the years the archive’s Christchurch records from this masthead were printed.

**Where are the 2020 Photo Hunt originals?**

Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from.


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The originals live at Papers Past (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) · data: https://api.chch.live/paper?slug=2020-photo-hunt · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/2020-photo-hunt
Printing beside it: Star, https://www.chch.live/paper/star · Evening Post, https://www.chch.live/paper/evening-post · Auckland Weekly News, https://www.chch.live/paper/auckland-weekly-news · Ellesmere Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ellesmere-guardian · Photographs / He Whakaahua, https://www.chch.live/paper/photographs-he-whakaahua · Ashburton Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ashburton-guardian · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, https://www.chch.live/paper/akaroa-mail-and-banks-peninsula-advertiser · Otago Witness, https://www.chch.live/paper/otago-witness