# Christchurch in the 1850s, old photographs 91 rights-cleared photographs of Christchurch from the 1850s, via DigitalNZ, every entry links to its source record. The whole archive: https://www.chch.live/then - [13 Dublin Street, Lyttelton (1850)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2023/ccl-cs-91833) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=53795401 - [A Good Deed (1850)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2010/ccl-cs-66628) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=60220924 - [Annie Elizabeth Whitla (1850)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2013/ccl-cs-14523) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46098056 - [Avon River, Christchurch, 1852 (1850)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/402480) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=30078051 - [Barbadoes St Cemetery : index to cemetery registers (1850)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26180) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46116497 - [Family portrait (1850)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/smyth-family-collection/ccl-cs-80260) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=51804766 - [Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton (1850)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/411071) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=30027404 - [Lake Wakatipu (1850)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99050) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59373001 - [Signatures of members of the First General Synod of the Church of England in NZ, 1859 (1850)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/406685) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=30076261 - [Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1A (1851)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/barbadoesstreet/ccl-cs-12870) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46095227 - [Barbadoes St Cemetery plan - area 1B (1851)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/barbadoesstreet/ccl-cs-12871) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46095223 - [Barbadoes St Cemetery, Church of England, Register no. 1 (1851)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26179) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46116499 - [Barbadoes Street Cemetery : alphabetical list of burials (1851)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/cccarchives/barbadoesregisters/ccl-cs-26181) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46116509 - [Barque StedfastBarque Steadfast (1851)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/ccl-cs-32093) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46138490 - [Painting: Christchurch, Canterbury , NZ (1851)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/116092) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=42768083 - [Sketch: Christchurch, Number One (1851)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/87861) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802889 - [Sketch: Christchurch, Number Two (1851)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/91519) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802887 - [Sketch: Interior of Studding Sail Hall (1851)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/100435) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802890 - [Sketch: Interior of the Sitting Room of Blackwall House (1851)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/103228) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802897 - [Sketch: Studding Sail Hall (1851)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/99587) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802888 - [Painting: Christchurch NZ 1852 (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/89336) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=42768569 - [Painting: Land Office at Christchurch (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/116709) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=42768173 - [Painting: The Bridge over the Avon in the Market Place at Christchurch (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/116691) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=42768181 - [Painting: The Plain around Christchurch (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/116326) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=42768125 - [Photograph: Image of Christchurch 1852 (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767664) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37803937 - [Sketch: Parsonage and Church (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/101933) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802895 - [Sketch: The Church and Parsonage (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/103227) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802900 - [Sketch: The Church and Parsonage (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/113507) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802902 - [Sketch: View from Alfred Charles Barker's Balcony (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/87125) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802891 - [Sketch: View from the Bridge at the Market Place (1852)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/98979) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802894 - [Sketch: Election for the First Superintendent (1853)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/84755) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802893 - [Sketch: Interior of the Temporary Church (1854)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/96269) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802885 - [Sketch: The Temporary Church (1854)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/113827) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802886 - [St Michael and All Angels Church, Christchurch, 1854 (1854)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/411110) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=30027914 - [Mountfort Drawing: Design for Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings, 1855 (1855)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/142174) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37803875 - [Painting: The Pound and the Chokey, Christchurch (1856)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/186953) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=42768366 - [Port Cooper (Tewhaka), Port Levy (Koko-rarata), and Pigeon Bay (Wakaroa) surveyed by Captn. J. L. Stokes, R.N. (1856)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1600) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=29954447 - [The Shakspeare Hotel, Christchurch, 1856 (1856)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/398891) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=61777175 - [Christ's College, Christchurch, 1857 (1857)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/398800) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=61777612 - [Glass Plate Negative: Town Hall (1857)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/221332) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802880 - [Sketch: Linwood House, Christchurch (1857)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/846088) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=62867207 - [Addington Cemetery plan (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/ccl-cs-12572), Addington · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=46094639 - [Album cover (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99023) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372932 - [Avonside (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99033) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372956 - [Avonside view (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99034) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372959 - [Canterbury Provincial Government Buildings, Christchurch, 1858 (1858)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/398874) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=61777076 - [Cave Rock (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99029) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372944 - [Cave Rock in Sumner (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99031) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372950 - [Christ College, Canterbury, 6.30am (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293942) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264377 - [Christchurch in the 1850s (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/586306) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264380 - [Christchurch, NZ (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293936) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264378 - [Cover page (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99024) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372935 - [Day's Hotel in Sumner (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99032) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372953 - [George Holmes' house (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99046) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372989 - [Glass Plate Negative: Panorama (1858)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/210259) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802759 - [Holmes' Wharf (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99042) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372983 - [Holmes' house (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99048) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372995 - [Hutt Valley (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99035) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372962 - [Hutt Valley (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99026) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372941 - [Hutt Valley view (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99039) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372974 - [Lyttelton (1858)](https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/62638) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=52922565 - [Lyttelton (1858)](https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/62621) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=52922524 - [Lyttelton (1858)](https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/62622) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=52922509 - [Mill dam, Kaiaraara Valley (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99041) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372980 - [Mr Holmes' House (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99030) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372947 - [Part of Nelson (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99037) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372968 - [Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch (1858)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767610) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802975 - [Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch 1858 (1858)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767677) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37803949 - [Shag Rock (1858)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive344/ccl-cs-99036) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=59372965 - [The College, Canterbury (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293973) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264367 - [Building, Christchurch (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1294105) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264353 - [Christchurch, NZ (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293980) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264363 - [from A.C. Barker's stable loft, Government Buildings, Christchurch, 6am (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293964) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264370 - [from Worcester Street, Christchurch Government Buildings, 8am (1858)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293962) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264371 - [Christchurch (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1294047) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264362 - [Christchurch Government Buildings (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293955) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264373 - [Christchurch Government Buildings, 5.45am (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293959) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264372 - [Christchurch Government Buildings, 8am (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293952) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264374 - [Christchurch Temporary Church (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293948) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264375 - [Christchurch, NZ (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293969) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264369 - [Christchurch, NZ (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293977) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264364 - [Christchurch, NZ (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293944) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264376 - [Construction of Provincial Council Chambers (1859)](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/pre1900/ccl-cs-4108) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=53788577 - [Glass Plate Negative: Christchurch Abomination (1859)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/210264) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802761 - [Government Buildings, Christchurch (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1294077) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264361 - [Government Buildings, Christchurch, NZ (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1294117) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264348 - [Photograph: Gould and Miles, Christchurch 1859 (1859)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767613) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802971 - [Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch (1859)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767617) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37802977 - [Photograph: Government Buildings, Christchurch (1859)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/797219) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=38917414 - [Photograph: Inwood's Mill, Christchurch 1859 (1859)](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/767627) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=37803902 - [Town Hall, Christchurch (1859)](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1293975) · https://api.chch.live/quiz/img?id=32264366 The whole archive, all decades: [https://www.chch.live/then](https://www.chch.live/then).