# Photographic Archive: Christchurch records

Every Photographic Archive record the archive holds about Christchurch, 764 of them, 1907–1974, oldest first.

100 records shown of 764, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original.

- [Art exhibition, Durham Street, Christchurch, probably at the Canterbury Society of Arts](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22341134), 1907-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Whitmore Street, Wellington](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23207351), 1907-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch tunnel, Arras](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23174814), 1917-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Cathedral Square, Christchurch City, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30662290), 1946-01-01, no. 30662290, Photographic Archive
- [Cathedral Square, Christchurch City, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30665572), 1946-01-01, no. 30665572, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City and Cathedral Square looking to the Port Hills, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30651032), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City and Cathedral Square, looking to Hagley Park beyond, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30665830), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City with the Avon River in foreground, looking to the city centre and Cathedral Square, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30631656), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City and Tuam Street, looking to Hagley Park beyond, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30647062), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View of Christchurch City with the Cathedral, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30643937), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Lyttelton township and wharf area, Christchurch, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30636579), 1946-01-01, no. 30636579, Photographic Archive
- [Lyttelton township and wharf area, Christchurch, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30642645), 1946-01-01, no. 30642645, Photographic Archive
- [Lyttelton township and wharf area, Christchurch, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30644256), 1946-01-01, no. 30644256, Photographic Archive
- [Lyttelton Harbour and township with wharf area, looking to the Pacific Ocean, Christchurch, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30660678), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Hagley Park and the Avon River with Christ's College, Christchurch City, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30634904), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City and Hagley Park, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30654152), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View of Harewood Aerodrome (Christchurch International Airport) with planes, hangars and buildings, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30649758), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22764148), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View of Wigram Aerodrome RNZAF base with planes, hangars and buildings, Christchurch, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30650934), 1946-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, including Christchurch Cathedral](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30662895), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, including Cathedral Square](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30665672), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View south to Christchurch City with Cathedral and the Avon River, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30633946), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Upper Riccarton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22917002), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [New Brighton township, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23064430), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [New Brighton Beach, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22857008), 1947-01-01, no. 22857008, Photographic Archive
- [New Brighton Beach, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22326138), 1947-01-01, no. 22326138, Photographic Archive
- [Sumner, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22701210), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Sumner Beach, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22872768), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Sumner township, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22591476), 1947-01-01, no. 22591476, Photographic Archive
- [Sumner township, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22326846), 1947-01-01, no. 22326846, Photographic Archive
- [Sumner and the beach, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112177), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Lyttelton with industrial area and harbour, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30634793), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [The port town of Lyttelton looking to Godley Head and Lyttelton Harbour entrance, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30647067), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View to the Lyttelton Harbour entrance and Godley Head with Purua Bay and Banks Peninsula in foreground, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30631654), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View over Christchurch Hospital in foreground with the Avon River and Christchurch City CBD beyond, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30643155), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch, Canterbury Region, featuring Hagley Park?](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30650882), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Hagley Park, Christchurch, including Hagley Golf Course](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30652595), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View to Hagley Park with Harper Avenue and the eastern suburbs, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30660059), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City and Hagley Park with Riccarton Avenue in foreground, Canterbury](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30643173), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View southeast over the Christchurch suburb of Ferndale to Little Hagley Park and Christchurch City CBD beyond, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30649893), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Addington Railway, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22715646), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Harewood Aerodrome, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22885092), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Sanitorium, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23235405), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Redcliffs, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22303759), 1947-01-01, no. 22303759, Photographic Archive
- [Redcliffs, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22312046), 1947-01-01, no. 22312046, Photographic Archive
- [Redcliffs, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22908555), 1947-01-01, no. 22908555, Photographic Archive
- [Corsair Bay, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22318098), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Woolston, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23217798), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30647247), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23197619), 1947-01-01, no. 23197619, Photographic Archive
- [Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23241128), 1947-01-01, no. 23241128, Photographic Archive
- [Papanui, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23131252), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23077092), 1947-01-01, no. 23077092, Photographic Archive
- [Riccarton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22642843), 1947-01-01, no. 22642843, Photographic Archive
- [Riccarton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22369634), 1947-01-01, no. 22369634, Photographic Archive
- [Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22775677), 1947-01-01, no. 22775677, Photographic Archive
- [Cashmere Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22784287), 1947-01-01, no. 22784287, Photographic Archive
- [Cashmere Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22323372), 1947-01-01, no. 22323372, Photographic Archive
- [St Albans, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23173740), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Bryndwr/Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22705071), 1947-01-01, no. 22705071, Photographic Archive
- [Bryndwr/Fendalton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22583408), 1947-01-01, no. 22583408, Photographic Archive
- [Harewood/Papanui, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22376109), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Riccarton/Addington, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22734845), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Catholic college, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23245287), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Mental hospital, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23087323), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Ovaltine factory, Papanui, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30663296), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch Square and City](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30646188), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Technical College, Papanui, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30632250), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Rugby Park, Papanui, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23228026), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Race course, Riccarton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23025518), 1947-01-01, no. 23025518, Photographic Archive
- [Race course, Riccarton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22725068), 1947-01-01, no. 22725068, Photographic Archive
- [Race course, Riccarton, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22382420), 1947-01-01, no. 22382420, Photographic Archive
- [St Andrew's College, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22757309), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Avonside and Wilding Park, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22787573), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Trotting track and showgrounds, Addington, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23240667), 1947-01-01, no. 23240667, Photographic Archive
- [Trotting track and showgrounds, Addington, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23086832), 1947-01-01, no. 23086832, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch City, Canterbury Region, including city buildings](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30649610), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View of the Christchurch hill suburb of Cashmere with Hackthorne Road in foreground, Christchurch City, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30628795), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [St Andrew's College, Papanui, Christchurch, including surrounding area](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30644087), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View over Christchurch City eastern suburbs to the coast, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30650481), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View south over Christchurch City and suburbs, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30629594), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Papanui Technical College, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22780919), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [View of the Banks Peninsula coastal village and harbour of Akaroa, Christchurch District, Canterbury Region](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30644737), 1947-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [National Airways Corporation, Dakota aircraft, Puweto, Harewood, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22767844), 1948-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23195521), 1949-01-01, no. 23195521, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22697628), 1949-01-01, no. 22697628, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22807628), 1949-01-01, no. 22807628, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22841471), 1949-01-01, no. 22841471, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22542186), 1949-01-01, no. 22542186, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22890132), 1949-01-01, no. 22890132, Photographic Archive
- [Central Christchurch, from the north](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22787157), 1949-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Sumner, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23223419), 1949-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [St Andrew's Hill, the Heathcote, Horotane and Avoca Valleys and the Port Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22706756), 1949-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Port Hills, Christchurch, and Lyttelton](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23250326), 1949-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Port Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23210491), 1949-01-01, no. 23210491, Photographic Archive
- [Port Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22819539), 1949-01-01, no. 22819539, Photographic Archive
- [Port Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22768993), 1949-01-01, no. 22768993, Photographic Archive
- [Port Hills, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22879970), 1949-01-01, no. 22879970, Photographic Archive
- [Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23038499), 1949-01-01, Photographic Archive
- [Hagley Park, Christchurch](http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22904090), 1949-01-01, Photographic Archive

## Questions, answered briefly

**What was the Photographic Archive?**

A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 764 of its records that mention Christchurch, 1907–1974. The full run lives at the National Library, not here.

**How much of the Photographic Archive does the archive hold?**

764 records, the #17 heaviest file of the 284 mastheads on the shelf.

**What years do the Photographic Archive records cover?**

1907 through 1974, the years the archive’s Christchurch records from this masthead were printed.

**Where are the Photographic Archive 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=photographic-archive · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/photographic-archive
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 · Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, https://www.chch.live/paper/akaroa-mail-and-banks-peninsula-advertiser · Ashburton Guardian, https://www.chch.live/paper/ashburton-guardian · Otago Witness, https://www.chch.live/paper/otago-witness