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The Palmerston North Public Library was in this building 1929 -1965. This Library was purpose built by the City Council on the site of the Occidental Hotel, destroyed by fire. The Library was originally housed upstairs and offices and shops occupied the ground floor, but in later years it expanded into some areas downstairs. The building has since been demolished.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1950
Digitisation ID
2007N_L38_BUI_0244
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
buildings,
dorothy hicken,
henderson's pharmacy,
mayfair lingerie,
pharo's cake shop,
photographs,
public library,
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