Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. Queen Victoria Drive began as a rough track from Fitzherbert Avenue to Park Road in 1917. In 1919 it was properly laid out and metalled and was tarred and sanded c1920-1921. The people are unidentified.
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- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_P44_RES_0146
- Title
- Family walking and biking on Victoria Drive, Victoria Esplanade
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- circa 1919
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
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