The sign on the side of the image reads, "Notice. Any Person riding a Bicycle, lighting a Fire, Cutting, Damaging or removing any Tree, Fern or Shrub or Structure within this Reserve, will be Prosecuted. By Order R N Keeling, Town Clerk. P.N. Borough Council." Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The bush walk was probably originally laid out c1900-1905.
Path Through Victoria Esplanade Gardens
Identification
- Object type
- Postcard
- Digitisation ID
- 2016P_Postcard59_013241
- Title
- Path Through Victoria Esplanade Gardens
- Format
- Postcard
- Held In
- Coolstore
- Archive
- Postcard Collection
Creation
- Created By
- Muir and Moodie
- Date
- circa 1907
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
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