This aerial is set in Palmerston North. Several Hokowhitu streets are shown. The street on the left from the bottom to near the top is part Victoria Avenue. It intersects with part Te Awe Awe Street near the top. Anderson Street runs parallel to V...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1955
This aerial is believed to be of Shannon. The road running from the centre to the top left of the image is State Highway 57, Margaret Street, the main road. Prominant buildings on this road on the right from the centre have been identified as the ...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This aerial is believed to depict the area around Kimberley Grove, Under construction in this image. The railway runs diagonally on the left with Tremaine Avenue running parallel to the right. Stillwater Place, Monowai Place and Turakina Street ca...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial is believed to depict palmerston North streets surrounding st James' Catholic School. ALbert Street runs vertically from bottom right of image to top right. Pahiatua Street runs off the right and Te Awe Awe Street off the left. Also vi...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial is believed to depict Maxwells Line and offshoot streets. Maxwells Line runs from bottom left to top right of the image with Laurel Place, Rugby Street, and College Street running off the left and Carter Crescent and Racecourse Road of...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial is set in Palmerston North. It is believed to be of Taonui Street, the block between Cuba Street and what is now Walding Street (2026). Cuba Street is off picture at the bottom of the image.Taonui Street runs approximately through the ...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1971
This aerial is set in Palmerston North. It is believed to be predominantly of the Highbury suburb. The street from left to right nearest the bottom of the photo is Birmingham Street, with Botanical Road parallel above it. The intersections on Bota...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial depicts streets in Palmerston North - Ruahine Street runs vertically through the left hand portion of the image, with Fitzroy Street running parallel to it until it intersects with Main Street. Running from the left of Ruahine are Chur...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 1965
This aerial of Palmerston North depicts Kelvin Grove Road running from the bottom right of the image up to the horizon in the top left. Visible across the bottom of the image are Rhodes Drive, Karamea Crescent and Anakiwa Street.
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Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial of Palmerston North depicts streets on either side of Long Melford Road which runs through the centre of the image. Maxwells Line runs across the top left corner. Running parallel to Long Melford Road are College street in the upper ha...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial of Palmerston North depicts streets near Winchester School, including Newcastle Street bisecting the image horizontally. Above which are Surrey Crescents and Pahiatua Street - below are Goodwin Crescent and Bond Street, with Swansea st...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 18, 1972
This aerial is set in Palmerston North. It is believed to be predominantly of Terrace End, the block south west of Memorial Park (off image). The street on the far left moving south is Fitzroy Street, parallel to Ruahine Street. The street at the ...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 1965
This aerial is set in Palmerston North. The Railway Line runs through the centre of the image, from bottom left. It intersects with Roberts Line near the centre of the image. The airport can be seen near the top right of the image.
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Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1967
This aerial is set in Palmerston North. It is believed to be predominantly part Hokowhitu suburb and part Terrace End suburb. The street which runs from the bottom right corner is Albert Street. Hokowhitu School can be seen on the far left of this...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This aerial is set in Palmerston North and appears to be the block behind 197 Broadway Avenue. The structure centre top of the image is believed to be the back of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, previously St Patrick's Catholic Church.
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Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1971
This aerial is set in Palmerston North. It is believed to show three parallel streets - Grey Street at the bottom of the image, Queen street in the middle and King Street at the top of the image.
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Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1971
This aerial photograph shows Main Street, Broadway and Grey Street (running vertically, left to right), looking toward Te Marae o Hine, The Square. Martin Street connects Broadway and Grey St in the lower right of the photograph. Albert Street run...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1967
This aerial shows part of Hokowhitu. The street running from left to right through the centre of the photograph is Victoria Avenue. Albert Street runs parallel to Victoria Ave near the top of the image. Te Awe Awe Street, which connects Victoria a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 1967
Ruahine Street runs diagonally across the foreground of this photograph. Albert Street runs from left to right across the centre of the image. Between these two streets is earthworks for the construction of Churchill Avenue. Behind this, the clust...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 1967
This aerial shows the Hume Pipe Company factory, owned by Hume Industries (NZ) Limited, in the middle of the photograph, just past the railway lines. A section of Keith Street is visible in the lower lefthand corner of the image. Between Keith Str...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1967
This aerial shows the Hume Pipe Company factory, owned by Hume Industries (NZ) Limited, in the right foreground. Kelvin Grove Road runs from the centre left to the upper righthand side of the photograph. Branching off Kelvin Grove Road is a new re...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: October 1967
This aerial shows a recent residential development. Kelvin Grove Road runs across the foreground of the photograph. The partially completed Karamea Crescent branches off at right angles to Kelvin Grove Road. First Anakiwa Street, then the shorter ...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 1967
Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 16, 1965
Finale event in the Victoria Esplanade for children who had completed the programme. The Summer Reading programme gets kids to come in to the one of the Palmerston North libraries to report about books they had read.
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Date: January 21, 2016
Len Argyle (1894-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Pat (Percival) enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One. This letter from Len to his parents, is presumed t...
Creator: Len Argyle
Place: Gallipoli
Date: July 1, 1915
The women in this photograph are Vera Cox (left), who married John Boman, and Vera Burr who married Courtney McLennan. After Vera Boman (née Cox) and Courtney McLennan had passed away, the two surviving partners - Vera McLennan (née Burr) and John...
Date: 1946 to 1954
The woman on the right is Vera Burr (1916-1999), who later married Courtney McLennan, and following his death married John Boman. She went on to author several local history publications under the name Vera McLennan-Boman. The woman on the left is...
Date: 1946 to 1954
The woman on the left is Vera Cox, who later married John Boman. The woman on the right is unidentified.
The residence is the home of Mr and Mrs A K Drew. Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
The women in this photograph are Vera Cox (left), who married John Boman, and Vera Burr who married Courtney McLennan. After Vera Boman (née Cox) and Courtney McLennan had passed away, the two surviving partners - Vera McLennan (née Burr) and John...
Date: 1946 to 1954