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Description

A view of Main Street from the Hopwood Clock Tower during the early 1960s.

The cleared construction site was to be used for Palmerston North's new 3-storey library on the corner of Main Street and The Square, opposite the Post Office. Construction of the new library was completed in 1965 and opened on 4 November 1965.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa July 1963
Digitisation ID
2019P_2012-70_026861
Format
Colour print
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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Taxonomy

Tags
1960s,
colour,
main street,
post office,
public library,
railway tracks,
the square,
watson brothers,
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Related items

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The Shops in The Square in the 1960s
Te Marae o Hine / The Square
Workmen Removing Train Tracks from the Square
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Looking up Main Street East
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City Panorama Taken from the Square, Facing Nor' East Down Main Street
View of The Square from Hopwood Clock Tower - Main Street East
A View of The Square from All Saints Church
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