The Square in the Early 1960s

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Description: This photograph shows The Square from Rangitikei Street through to Fitzherbert Avenue. Notice the three rows of railway lines and the absence of high rise office buildings.

Identification

Relation: Public Collection
Date: circa 1961
Digitisation id: 2014P_Sq416_008988
Format: Colour print
Held in: Coolstore

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Creation

Created By: Colin Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North

Location

175.611134, -40.356258

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License: Attribution + NonCommercial

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Tags: bnz; bus; car; clock tower; colour; cross; foote bros drapers; manawatu meat; pdc; pegdens; phoenix palms; pram; public transportation; sound shell; st andrews church; the square; war memorial

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Colin Rush. "The Square in the Early 1960s", Manawatū Heritage, Ian Matheson City Archives, https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/ff19c7dc-3738-478a-be48-7f6241b4454f, accessed 2026-08-10 20:14.

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