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
A school float leaving Railway Lands down Church Street towards The Square.
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Date: December 4, 2016
Written on the postcard is "This is the water fall where Palmerston gets it town water supply from you will see me sitting by myself in a white shirt this is the place where we was going in the motor car taken with my camera Bert." Bert Albert is...
Place: Turitea, Palmerston North
Date: 1915
A Christmas card sent to Evilyn and Trevor Shannon from 'Uncle Pat'. From the archives of the 'Shannon Family'.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1929
Menu of the Christmas Day meal served to the Wellington Mounted Rifles troops serving in Egypt during World War One. From the archive of 'A F Batchelar'.
Creator: Wellington Mounted Rifles
Date: December 1914
For two days and two nights in June 2017, George Street and Coleman Mall were open to Pedestrians only for the Winter Festival, featuring live music, food, fun activities and building-sized projections. The weather was unusually fine and tempted t...
Creator: Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Date: June 30, 2017
Back row: Dulcie Ralph; Joyce Waller; Joyce Smithers; Pearl Goodwin; Dot Gillespie; Joyce Arnold; Necia Annear; Centre: Phyllis. Front row: Miss Ireland; Elsa Robertson; Vera Burr.
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in ...
Date: circa 1940
Back row: Stella Smith; Necia Annear; Eileen Mullins. Front row: Connie Johanson; Pearl Cox; Mary Dilks; Thelma Voss.
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear man...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1940
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear manufacturing, a small factory was built in Grey Street, Palmerston North, in 1937, and the main "Libertyland " factory w...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1940
Back row: Barton; Vera Burr; P.O. War Censor; Moria Fisher; unknown; Noleen Aisher. Front row: 'Chook' Prarn; M. Chittenden; Harry Brooks; Bill Pascoe (standing).
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1...
Date: 1939 to 1945
Back: Ellie Howorth, Thelma Voss? Vera Burr, Eileen Mullins? Pearl Cox, Mary Dilks; Front: Molly Duckworth, Connie Johanson, Joan Hill, Stella Smith, Necia Annear.
R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 19...
Date: 1940
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Sidney Burr, watched by his son Leo, is shown demolishing the Dahlsrom family's whare with a mallet.
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sw...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 20 to 27 November. This included a Historical Māori Pageant held at the Showgrounds on Thursday 25 November 1937.
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1937
The Lower Turitea Dam was originally completed in 1907 but was raised to 50 feet in 1912. It was officially opened February 17, 1913. This enlarged dam remained in use until 1957 when a 100 ft high dam was constructed.
The correct spelling of the...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1937 to 1945
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1937 to 1945
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954