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The H L Young building was constructed in Palmerston North in 1920. Parked outside is Henry Young’s Studebaker, one of the first in the Manawatu. On the left is the Post Office Hotel, which was seriously damaged by fire c1926. It was demolished in 1930 to make way for the Regent Theatre. The fence enclosed paddock between the buildings was to become the Regent Arcade.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2009N_Bc394a_BUI_2507
Title
Post Office Hotel and H L Young building, Broadway
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 394a
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1920

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
billboard,
building,
buildings,
car,
collinson and cunningham,
commercial,
panorama,
photographs,
pub,
speights beer,
Community Tags
dog,

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