Skip to Content

Two photographs of The Square in Palmerston North. The top one looks across the railway lines and one quadrant of The Square with the cannon in it. Beyond can be seen Coleman Place, with the Union Bank of Australia on the corner, the Fire Station and bell tower, the Clarendon Hotel on the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square. Across the corner of Rangitikei Street is the Royal Hotel and shops that run into Broadway. The bottom photograph looks across the same quadrant of The Square from Rangitikei Street corner towards Main Street east. It shows the Bank of Australasia, Bennett’s book shop, situated here 1891 to 1918, and the Chief Post Office.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2008P_OSP_SQU_2047
Title
Views of The Square
Relation
IMCA Outsize Photograph Collection
Held In
Outsize

Related items

The Square, Between Rangitikei Street and Coleman Mall
Church Street East side of The Square
The Square and railway yards
Views of The Square
Postcard of the Square
Band Rotunda, The Square
The Square between Rangitikei Street and Coleman Place
Businesses in The Square
Father Christmases preparing to distribute presents to children on Christmas Day, Rangitikei Street
Merle Hardy, 'The Hokowhitu School Store'
Father Christmases preparing to distribute presents to children on Christmas Day, Rangitikei Street
Manawatu Evening Standard building, The Square

Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North
Date
1909

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
photographs,
shops,
the square,
Community Tags

Report a problem

Related items

The Square, Between Rangitikei Street and Coleman Mall
Church Street East side of The Square
The Square and railway yards
Views of The Square
Postcard of the Square
Band Rotunda, The Square
The Square between Rangitikei Street and Coleman Place
Businesses in The Square
Father Christmases preparing to distribute presents to children on Christmas Day, Rangitikei Street
Merle Hardy, 'The Hokowhitu School Store'
Father Christmases preparing to distribute presents to children on Christmas Day, Rangitikei Street
Manawatu Evening Standard building, The Square

User comments