Postcard of Manawatū Gorge
This hand-tinted postcard shows the Manawatū Gorge around 1900.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1900
New Year Greeting Postcard and Calendar
This postcard has an image of the middle of The Square surrounded by a calendar for the year 1911.
Creator: Aldersley Series
Date: 1910
The Square, 1912
The fountain in the foreground of this postcard once stood is in western quadrant of The Square, in front of where the Central Library now sits [2017]. It is shown here before the Coronation monument for Edward VII was added on top (1925). The bui...
Creator: Aldersley Series
Date: 1912
T. Parkins, Butcher
This postcard shows the T. Parkins Butchery wagon.
This postcard was sent to Miss Lucy Ethel Baker, later Wilby, and posted to her c/- Mrs Parkins Butchers, Palmerston North. Thomas and Mary Parkins lived on Milson Line. Their daughter Mary Ann ...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1903 to 1910
Hospital Fête at Palmerston North Showgrounds
A fête for the Palmerston North Public Hospital being held at the A&P Showgrounds. Crowds of onlookers are shown in the grandstand, while a variety of horse drawn buggies are visible, as well as a bicycle made to resemble a boat, are displayed on ...
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Place: The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date: 1908
Palmerston North Public Hospital
The Palmerston North Public Hospital was constructed at a cost of £3,700, and opened in November 1893. It was designed by Ernest Larcomb, the builders were Mr G. Carter and the first board chairman was George Snelson. Initially the staff consisted...
Creator: G H B & Co Series
Place: Heretaunga Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 27, 1907
Postcard Wallet - Palmerston North Views
This postcard wallet shows a variety of Palmerston North views, including The Victoria Esplanade, a train going through the Manawatū Gorge, a panoramic view of The Square and the portion of The Square between Coleman Mall and Church Street West.
Creator: Harding and Billing, Auckland
Place: Palmerston North / Manawatū
Date: 1905 to 1906
Walking in Turitea Stream
This hand-tinted postcard shows three men hiking through the Turitea Stream.
Creator: Unknown
Fitzherbert Bridge, c 1902
Looking across the Fitzherbert Bridge from what is now Anzac Park. To the immediate left, across the bridge, is the Victoria Esplanade.
Creator: Whalley and Co.
Date: circa 1902
Race Course, Palmerston North
This postcard shows Palmerston North's Racecourse. Note that construction work appears to be happening in the grandstand second from left.
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: 1920s
Seating by The Lakelet, Palmerston North
This postcard looks from The Lakelet towards the south-east section of The Square, between the corners of Main Street East and Fitzherbert Avenue.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1915
Awahuri Road, Feilding
A flock of sheep block Awahuri Road. Behind them gentleman on horseback, a bicyclist and a coach wait to pass. Taken around the Kitchener Park area.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Awahuri Road, Feilding
Date: circa 1910
Palmerston North "Posting Album"
A "posting album" containing post cards of some Palmerston North scenes, including the Post Office, The Square, the Hospital and the Railway Station. It includes a handwritten note that reads, "With lots of love, Mal [or Mae]".
Creator: Harding & Billing, Ltd., Sydney
Date: 1909
Views of Palmerston North
This postcard booklet claims to have views of Palmerston North that are the "finest yet published". The front indicates that 12 views were originally included, but only 5 remain.
Creator: L W Holland
Date: 1910s
Emmanuel Congregational Church, Broad Street
A Congregational Church was built in Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) c1900, close to the intersection of Princess Street. This building was demolished in the 1970s and the Congregational Church is now situated on the corner of Broadway Avenue a...
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1910
Southwest Quadrant of The Square
This postcard looks towards the section of The Square between Main Street West and Coleman Mall. The base of the fountain that once stood in that section of The Square is just visible in front of the Bon Marche.
Creator: Aldersley Series
Date: circa 1910
The Square, Palmerston North
A colourised postcard of The Square was taken after 1902, when the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe was constructed, but before 1907, when the small Rotunda was shifted to the Victoria Esplanade Gardens.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1902 to 1907
The Square, Palmerston North
This postcard shows The Square as it was around 1950-1955.
Creator: A.B. Hurst and Son
Date: 1950 to 1955
The Square South West, 1902
To the left of the Band Rotunda is the original All Saints Church. It was replaced with the current brick structure in 1914-1915. On the corner of Church Street and The Square is the Provincial Hotel. It burned down 3 January 1906 and was replaced...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1902
Greetings from Palmerston North Postcard Set
This booklet of Palmerston North views includes All Saints Church, The Square, Massey Agricultural College, Boys High School, Girls High School and Rangitikei Street. It was printed by Dawson Printing Company Ltd, Auckland.
Creator: Dawson Printing Company Ltd
Date: circa 1945
Corner of Broad Street and The Square
This postcard shows the corner of Broad Street (left-hand side), now Broadway Avenue, and The Square (right-hand side) around 1910. One of the balconies of the old Royal Hotel can be seen on the left-hand side of the image.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1910
The Punt, Manawatū River
A punt operated from from 1871 to 1886, at which point the first wooden bridge across the river was built. The postcard is looking towards the Tararua Ranges.
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Date: circa 1907
View of The Square, c 1915
This postcard photograph was taken from the Lakelet quadrant in The Square, looking across to the corner of Church Street West. Some features include (from left): the domed structure is the observatory, built 1906 and demolished in 1938; the canno...
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: circa 1915
Palmerston North Views Booklet
This booklet was intended to be posted as a souvenir of Palmerston North. Views include The Hopwood Clock Tower, Milson Airport, Memorial Park, Esplanade Gardens, All Saints Church, Broadway Avenue, Central Post Office, Massey Agricultural College...
Creator: G B Scott, Photographer, Auckland
Date: 1955 to 1965
Band Rotunda and Post Office
A boy stands by the Band Rotunda, with the newly constructed Post Office, on the corner of Main Street, behind. This first Band Rotunda was built in The Square in 1899. It was shifted to The Esplanade in 1907, and replaced by another, which was de...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Date: 1909
The Observatory in The Square
The observatory was erected in the south-west quadrant of The Square in 1906. It was demolished in 1938 after repeated bouts of vandalism and the increase in light pollution in The Square lessened its usefullness. The Lakelet constructed 1909, can...
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: circa 1915
Path Through Victoria Esplanade Gardens
The sign on the side of the image reads, "Notice. Any Person riding a Bicycle, lighting a Fire, Cutting, Damaging or removing any Tree, Fern or Shrub or Structure within this Reserve, will be Prosecuted. By Order R N Keeling, Town Clerk. P.N. Boro...
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Date: circa 1907
Fitzherbert Street, Palmerston North
This postcard looks down Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue) from The Square.
Creator: Essex and Co., Palmerston North
Date: 1910s
View of Coleman Place, c 1923
This postcard shows Coleman Place from 1923. There are several interesting things to note in this image. The Everybody's Picture Theatre (with the domed roof) was built in 1913 for Arthur Hopwood who leased the land. It was remodelled as the “Hote...
Creator:
Date: circa 1923
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