The City Archives moved to the Palmerston North Public Library in the late 1980s. They were housed on the 4th floor of the former library on the corner of The Square and Main Street. Assistant Archivist, Barbara Olsen, is pictured.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 14, 1992
Staff of the Palmerston North Public Library, with customers. The Public Library was on the corner of The Square and Main Street. Taken on the occasion of the millionth issue of a library item.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of Main Street and The Square
Date: May 22, 1992
A celebration to mark the end of World War One was held in Palmerston North on the 19th and 21st of July 1919. The 21st was 'Children's Day'. There was also a 'Service of Praise on 22 and 23 July at the Opera House.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council (probably)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1919
The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned as unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened an...
Creator: L G West Son & Callendar (architects) for Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Ashley Street and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 1953
The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned as unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened an...
Creator: L G West Son & Callendar (architects) for Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Ashley Street and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 2, 1951
The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned as unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened an...
Creator: L G West Son & Callendar (architects) for Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Ashley Street and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 24, 1954
The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. In 1952 it was condemned as unsafe by the Palmerston North City Council and was strengthened an...
Place: Corner of Ashley Street and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1955
The corner shop was at one time Frank Davis Land Agent, but would appear to have changed hands, judging by the Topline signs. Further down the street the original Centrepoint Theatre is situated at 81 George Street. It was formerly a music club ca...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1979
Film created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office on 16mm Cine-Kodak Super-X filmstock.
Created to demonstrate inner city traffic flow problems in the mid 1950s, this film shows a unique slice of Palmerston North daily life with a...
Creator: David Evans - Planning Office
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1956
A district planning map for Palmerston North that became operative in June 1972. Shows district boundary, zoning, community uses of land and proposed streets. Has the Common Seals of the Mayor, Councillors and citizens of Palmerston North affixed....
Creator: Palmerston North City Corporation
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1971
This plan shows a design for The Square, and includes a proposed new civic administration building between Main Street and Church Street. This plan did not eventuate. It is undated but may have been at the time they were exploring the need for a n...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council (possibly)
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1960
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, arrived in Palmerston North by aeroplane. The reception was held at the airport, and the plan shows the layout for the official occasion.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North Airport
Date: March 10, 1966
Plan showing the layout of the yards, between West Street and The Square. The railway station and yards were in Main Street from 1890 to 1964, when all services finally moved to the Tremaine Avenue site on the edge of Palmerston North. Much of thi...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1948
A design for both men's and women's toilets in The Square and a separate rest room for women.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: September 7, 1916
The Palmerston North Golf Club was formed in 1930 and was originally sited in West End, off the corner of Botanical and Park Roads where this club house was built. In the the early 1960s the City Council acquired the land for housing and the Club ...
Creator: L G West Son and Hornbrook
Place: Corner of Botannical and Park Roads, Palmerston North
Date: November 1936
Victoria University established an extramural branch in Palmerston North, prior to the demise of the University of New Zealand in 1961 and the establishment of Massey University in 1964. It was based at the former Transit Camp site, on Centennial ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council (probable)
Place: Centennial Drive, Palmerston North
Date: 1960
The Palmerston North City Council depot still operates from this site on the corner of Ferguson Street and Albert Street.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Corner of Albert and Ferguson Streets, Palmerston North
Date: December 1962
This plan is undated and is presumed to have not been realised.
There was a tea kiosk in the Victoria Esplanade from 1909 to 1943. It was not replaced until the original post office building was moved from Main Street to the gardens in 1989, to ...
Creator: J Walker (architect) for PNCC
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
This pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Services Association. It is of an art deco design, in the shape of the RSA badge.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
The Coronation Fountain was first constructed near the centre of The Square in 1902. It was moved in 1926 to accommodate the new war memorial that commemorated those who fell in WWI.
The fountain sat in its new position in The Square, opposite w...
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1926
Milson Airport, as it was first known, was started in the 1930s. The plan shows surrounding streets and layout of buildings and runways at the airport.
Creator: Palmerston North City Corporation
Place: Milson, Palmerston North
Date: March 1979
Plan of the bus station for rural buses, in relation to Church Street and Fitzherbert Avenue.
Creator: PNCC
Place: Chruch Street, Palmerston North
Date: January 18, 1946
A plan of the proposed swimming pool at the Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, as produced by the Wanganui Education Board.
The Palmerston North Intermediate School was opened in 1941. It is situated at 56 Linton Street.
Creator: Wanganui Education Board
Place: 56 Linton Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 11, 1955
Everybody's Picture Theatre was built in Coleman Place in 1913 by Arthur Hopwood, who leased the land. It had seating for about 700 people and ran as a picture theatre for almost 16 years. All-day shows were the rule, commencing at 1pm and en...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Coleman Place, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1928
The Milson Aerodromme opened in 1931, and in a commercial service by Union Airways began15 January 1936.
Creator: L G West & Hornibrook (architects) for Milson Aerodromme Inc
Place: Palmerston North Airport
Date: January 6, 1936
The general layout of Memorial Park, showing the arena, skating rink, padding pool and lake. It was originally named Fitzroy Park, and was formally renamed Memorial Park in 1954.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1951
Papaioea Park is situated on the corner of Ruahine Street (formerly Terrace Street) and Featherston Streets. The land was acquired by the City Council circa 1921 -1922 and is about 9 acres in size. The fence still exists around the park today (2020).
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Featherston Streets, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
The camping ground was established in 1925, adjacent to the Victoria Esplanade. It is now called the Palmerston North Holiday Park.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Dittmer Drive, Palmerston North
Date: July 1969
Cliff Road runs parallel to the Manawatū River just over the Fitzherbert Bridge. It leads to Anzac Park and the observatory. Ownership shows McGregor, Batchelar, PNBC and Massey College of Agriculture.
Creator: Palmerston North Borough Council
Place: Cliff Road, Palmerston North
Date: October 14, 1927
This plan shows a proposed new civic administration building between Main Street and Church Street.
This plan did not eventuate. It is undated but may have been at the time they were exploring the need for a new Council building in the 1960s.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council (possibly)
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1960