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The first rule of morality is "do no harm".
Child pornography is wrong because the existance of the images is hurtful to the young subjects. Would they feel better knowing that people are looking at the pictures or would they feel better knowing that they have all been destroyed? For the record, I think they would want the pictures destroyed.
I anticipate that you would argue that this logic is flawed because the young subjects have no way of knowing that you are looking at the pictures. My answer is that morality means doing the right thing even if no one is looking.
But... if someone past the age of consent gives you child porn featuring them in an episode from the past, then there is nothing wrong with viewing the images
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