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This photograph looks towards the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. In the middle of the image, children can be seen playing in the Lakelet. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North, opened The Lakelet on 27 October 1909. It is shaped as a butterfly, with the wings being bisected by a bridge as its body. It is also referred to as the Butterfly Lake. The building in the background is the old Palmerston North Municipal Library.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with hardcopy held (see Coolstore)
Date
August 1963
Digitisation ID
2014P_IMCA_Coolstore_010079
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North

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fun,
mayfair lingerie,
photographs,
scaffolding,
the square,
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