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This image is from a series of souvenir cards that show various locations around Palmerston North. This card shows the old Post Office that once stood on Main Street East. It was opened in 1906. The building was later extended along Main Street, and the tower was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, as it was considered unsafe. The clock and chimes put into storage until reinstated in a clock tower in The Square, which was completed in 1957. The building still stands today [2018].

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2017P_2006-103_021048
Title
Palmerston North Souvenir Photo Cards - "Post Office"
Relation
Z Collection - 2006-103
Format
B&W print
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Date
1925 to 1930

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
post office,
the square,
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