Historical Photographs

Bring history into your home   

Cityscapes, landscapes, iconic buildings, details from rural life – our historic photo prints offer a glimpse into New Zealand’s past. Pick an image that reflects your part of the country, or reminds you of a place you love. Printed in black and white on high-quality archival photo paper, with a soft matte finish, these look fantastic framed or make a great gift just mounted. 

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The Alexandra 1956 - HI102 is a matte black-and-white aerial photo featuring a winding river, rocky hills, buildings, roads, and bridges. This historic print comes framed with a wide white mat for archival-quality display.
Black and white historical photographic print Alfred Street 1911 - HI070 shows a wide street in a historic New Zealand town with wooden buildings, shops, signs, and people. Mounted with a white archival-quality mat.
The All Blacks vs Springboks 1937 - HI066 is a black and white historical photographic print capturing players in dark uniforms mid-rugby match, tackling and running on a grassy New Zealand field.
A black-and-white historical print, Anniversary Regatta 1950 - HI047, depicts a New Zealand harbor with buildings, docks, ships, and many small sailboats in the foreground as the city stretches into the background.
Arrowtown 1880 - HI116: A black and white historical photographic print of a small town and mountain on archival matte paper in a sleek black frame, featuring roads, fields, scattered buildings, and distant snow-capped peaks.
A black and white photograph titled Arrowtown 1926 - HI109 shows a rural New Zealand town with houses, roads, trees, and mountains. This historical print is framed with a wide white mat.
Arrowtown 1951 - HI106 is a black-and-white aerial photo of a small New Zealand town, depicting streets, buildings, fields, and trees. This historic print is on archival quality matte paper with a white border.
Archival black-and-white photographic print, Arrowtown District 1954 - HI111, shows a rural New Zealand landscape with rolling hills, scattered trees, and distant mountains, presented on a white mat for display quality.
Auckland City 1939 - HI041: An exquisite archival-quality black and white aerial photographic print of Auckland city, featuring buildings, streets, and water in the lower left, elegantly presented with a wide white mat frame.
Archival-quality black and white photographic print, “Auckland Water Front 1916 - HI043,” shows a New Zealand cityscape with a river, bridge, large buildings, and a clock tower on the left, all bordered by a white matte.
Archival-quality black and white photographic print, Awaroa Bay 1920 - HI222: features New Zealand shoreline, people on rocky ground near water, trees on the right, and hills in the background—a glimpse into the past.
Black-and-white historical print Balarat St 1890 - HI112 shows Ballarat Street, Queenstown, NZ, with people outside Eichardt’s Hotel and buildings, trees, and hills visible in the background. Archival quality image.
Black and white historical photographic print, Ballarat St Queenstown 1878 - HI113, shows people on a rain-wet street lined with buildings in New Zealand, with a boat and mountains in the background. Matted with a white archival-quality border.
Black and white photo, Basin Reserve 1900 - HI016: cricket match in progress with players on the field, spectators in hats, buildings and hills behind. Archival quality matte paper, made in New Zealand.
Black and white photo titled Bath Houses 1915 - HI169 shows two small gable-roofed buildings amid grass, trees, and mountains. This historical New Zealand print is mounted with a wide white mat.
The black and white print Baths Hanmer Springs 1900 - HI170 depicts four people partially submerged in a circular outdoor pool before a building with tall windows or doors, bordered by a white frame.
The Bow Street Raglan 1910 - HI174 print features a black-and-white photo on archival paper of a dirt road with wooden buildings and hills under a clear sky, centered on a white mat for a timeless historical display.
This archival quality matte print features a black and white photo of the two-story Briscoe & Co Ltd building from the 1890s (HI134), captured in New Zealand, with ornate details and a white mat border.
Historic black and white photo of early 20th-century cars by a two-story Photographer building. Broadway Stratford 1919 - HI139 historic New Zealand print available on archival quality matte paper.
Black and white historical photo titled Canterbury Carrying Company 1910 - HI204 shows people with horses and carriages outside a brick building marked Yeovil Livery & Bait Stables and Canterbury Carrying Co.
Cape Kidnappers 1880 - HI161: Historical black and white photo of dramatic triangular rock formations in the ocean, seen from above. Printed on archival matte paper, it captures the misty sea and rugged coastline.
Black and white archival quality photographic print titled Cardrona 1870 - HI094, showing a group outside the All Nations Hotel in New Zealand, featuring a pitched roof, picket fence, and tree to the left; label included.
Archival print: Cashel St 1900 - HI025 shows a wide New Zealand street in the early 20th century, lined with multi-story buildings, horse-drawn carriages parked at the sides, and a few pedestrians.
Archival-quality black-and-white photographic print: Cashel St 1930 - HI028 captures a bustling New Zealand city street with cars, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians among multi-story buildings from the early 20th century.
The “Cathedral Square 1903 - HI209” print shows a large Gothic-style church with a central tower under scaffolding in New Zealand, horse-drawn carriages in front, presented on archival-quality matte paper.
Cathedral Square 1910 - HI026: Archival quality black and white photo depicting a bustling early 20th-century New Zealand city street with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, vintage cars, and a domed building in the background.
Archival-quality black and white photographic print of Catholic Church 1910 - HI175: a small wooden church with a steep metal roof, front porch, and crosses on top, standing on a grassy lot with a single tree. Made in New Zealand.
The Christchurch 1950 - HI213 is an archival quality black and white aerial photographic print. It shows a city grid, buildings, and a large tree-filled park in the foreground, matted with a white border.
Black and white photo of Christchurch Cathedral 1880 (HI038), a large Gothic-style church with tall steeple and rose window. Horse-drawn carriages are parked in front. Historical print displayed with a wide white mat border.
Black and white photo Christchurch Cathedral 1919 - HI029 features a tall-spired cathedral, surrounding grass, people walking in front, and nearby buildings, all presented in a white matte frame on archival quality matte paper.
Archival quality black and white photo, Christchurch Rd Cass 1900 - HI062, shows two horse-drawn stagecoaches with several people aboard crossing a New Zealand plain, snow-capped mountains in the background.
The City Council Electric 1920s - HI211 print captures a man in uniform on an early electric utility vehicle labeled Christchurch City Council Electric, with large wheels and an open cab, in New Zealand.
Cliff Street 1910 - HI176: Black and white historical print of a dirt road with a horse-drawn carriage and large two-story building in rural New Zealand hills, on archival quality matte paper for lasting detail.
The product Clyde 1957 - HI114 is a black and white aerial photo showing a river, bridge, trees, fields, and buildings in New Zealand. This historic photographic print comes mounted on an archival quality white mat.
Black and white historical photographic print, Cnr High & Cashel St - HI032, shows a busy early 20th-century street scene with people, a horse-drawn carriage, and detailed buildings. Printed on archival quality matte paper for lasting clarity.
A black-and-white historical print, College Hill 1905 - HI061, depicts a New Zealand street with trolley tracks, horse-drawn carriages, utility poles, houses on both sides, and several people against a townscape backdrop.
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