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Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The pergola in the background was built c 1916-1917 and the band rotunda moved from The Square to the gardens in 1907. Both were later demolished, the pergola in c1940 and the band rotunda in 1966.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1939
Digitisation ID
2007N_P60_RES_0157
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
fun,
park,
photographs,
reserves,
summer,
sunshine,
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