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Walkley's Commercial Hotel can be seen on the left of the photograph. It stood on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. The people are waiting on the train platform at the Railway Station. The Post Office and Telegraph stands next to the station. See 2014P_Rsq5_007688 for a shot of these buildings from behind.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Rsq 6; CA Petersen Collection
Date
circa 1885 to circa 1889
Digitisation ID
2014P_Rsq6_007689
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

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Place
The Square, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
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Taxonomy

Tags
dog,
early palmerston north,
railways,
train station,
trains,
transport,
transportation,
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