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The white building on the corner of Main Street East and The Square is the Post Office (the clock tower was removed after an earthquake in 1941). Directly in front is the PDC (Premiere Drapery Company, now the Plaza).

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 270
Date
circa 1950
Digitisation ID
2014N_Sq270_008671
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
By Attribution Alone

Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
automobile,
bus,
capstan,
car,
pdc,
pedestrians,
photographs,
post office,
premier drapery company,
public transport,
silver fern,
the square,
vogue,
ywca,
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