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Description

Looking north over the city from the top of the old Public Library building on Main Street. In the distance at right can be see the multi storey Palmerston North Hospital. St Patrick's Cathedral spire is the other notable landmark. The building on the left is the old Post Office building (now Highflyer's Bar, 2014). The Public Library was opened in 1964 and served until 1996. It is now called the Square Centre.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pn 29
Date
circa 1980
Digitisation ID
2014N_Pn29_007771
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1980s,
black and white,
buildings,
palmerston north public library,
photographs,
view,
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