Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. Queen Victoria Drive began as a rough track from Fitzherbert Avenue to Park Road in 1917. In 1919 it was properly laid out and metalled and was tarred and sanded c1920-1921. This photograph looks west towards Park Road. The people are unidentified.
https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2Ff%2Fa%2F82e9c0-2e25-44b6-a00a-630a430a8cfe%2Fresize_master_8a6f593c292f3c8beee8feb0367837cb.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=9a0bdadc24ec425a135b007c01ef51a9c1a0ab91&ver=1628696286Cycle and motor bike with sidecar on Victoria Drive, Victoria Esplanade
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1917
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_P41_RES_0147
- Held In
- Coolstore
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