A Palmerston North street view taken from the Square, with the Woolworths Shop, and the Waldegrave Buildings, which housed Estelle Rose, the Fabric Shop, and Hannah's Shoe Shop, and the Collinson & Cunninghame Building.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1976?

Manawatu rugby supporters on the back of a truck with their mascot horse and the Ranfurly Shield.

The Manawatu Rugby Team defeated Auckland 12 to 10 on Saturday 21 August 1976, to win the Ranfurly Shield. The Ranfurly Shield has only been won by...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          197X

Palmerston North Centenary parade float, possibly organised by the Manawatū Chinese Association.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

A fully manned vintage fire engine with extension ladder driving through the Square, as part of the Palmerston North Centennary celebrations. Several vintage engines took part in the parade representing the history of the Palmerston orth Fire Brig...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

Governor General Sir Bernard Fergusson addresses the crowd at the opening of the Palmerston North Public Library. The three-storey library building was opened on 4 November 1965 and served as the city's library until 1996. Behind him can be seen t...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 4, 1965

The Whakarongo Smithy on display during the Palmerston North Centenary parade. The The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15th March 1971 reported that the Whakarongo Smithy was "one of the most authentic and popular floats in the procession. It depicts...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

Diorama of pākehā settlers being greeted by a Māori family, on the Hopwood Hardware Company store front. The three dimensional display includes a marae and pātaka, assorted totara trees and colonisers in canoes. The sign reads "100 years... Togeth...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          March 13, 1971

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 September 1958: "Mrs. L.B. Ogilvie presenting the Devil's Own Cup to J.F. Goldfinch at the conclusion of the legal golf tournament yesterday at the Manawatu golf link...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 23, 1958

[Four men are pictured with their golf caddies on one of the city's golf courses. Probably a competition.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:           Palmerston North
Date:          October 1960

The first image in this pair was taken for a story published in the Manawatū Standard on 6th December 1973.

Mr Brian Mather gives a talk to pupils from Takaro Primary School on Māori clothing and artefacts.

As part of a pilot project, a collabo...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 6, 1973

These unpublished images were taken alongside an image that was captioned in the Manawatū Evening Standard on 30th November 1973.

"Mrs V. B. Short, provincial president of the Women's Division of Federated Farmers presents the city librarian, Mr ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 30, 1973

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 December 1960 "Located near the chapel at the Palmerton North Hospital is this crib which has been erected for the first time. Gordon Bond, and Stephen Henson, who is...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1960

Enjoying the opportunity to find out about over 60 clubs who set up stalls and displays in the Palmerston North Central Library.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 26, 2018

These unpublished images were taken alongside an image that was captioned in the Manawatū Evening Standard on 17th December 1973.

"Organisers and helpers raise the poster that will be the front-piece on the Palmerston North Clock Tower for Sunday...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 17, 1973

The first image in this pair was taken for a story published in the Manawatū Standard on 11th December 1973.

"Casting cares of the fuel shortage to the winds, Father Christmas abandoned his reindeer and sleigh for a fire engine in Feilding on Sat...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place:          Feilding
Date:          December 11, 1973

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 August 1958, page 6: "Members of No. 14 Squadron, recently returned from Malaya, paraded in the Square yesterday. Although the weather was dismal it was a poor crowd ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 12, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 June, 1959. "Commander A. V. Kempthorne, the officer in charge of the Navy Recruiting Board (left), conducts one of a number of interviews at the Palmerston North Cit...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 23, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15th January, 1963. "The 2nd Squadron of the Engineers' Regiment are seen carrying out a minesweeping exercise at the Linton Military Camp. Six soldiers probe for anti-t...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Military Camp
Date:          January 13, 1963

Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.

In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Military Camp
Date:          June 20, 1994

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 November, 1959. “The highlight during the military training period at the Palmerston North Boys’ High School yesterday for the Air Training Corps section was being ab...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 10, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 May 1958, page 11: "A guard of honour was inspected at Ohakea yesterday after the arrival of the United States Army Commander in Chief in the Pacific, General I.D. Wh...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          May 15, 1958

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 1 April, 1959. "The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson at Ohakea." Another photo associated with this article was published and appears...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          April 1, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 8 December 1967, "Wishing may not make it so, but these three children are trying hard for success at the well in the Square. "Standard" photograph - S248"

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square
Date:          December 8, 1967

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17th December 1965 "Wendy Hill-Motion. (Runner-up, Winchester.)"

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 17, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 November 1958: "Nothing is left to chance when an R.N.Z.A.F. flight is arranged. Here L.A.C. W. Meldrum, a woman signaller on the staff at Ohakea, is seen at the radi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          November 19, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of a Christmas decoration in the centre of the road, comprising a sequence of strings of light bulbs on a pole, to suggest...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 September, 1959. "Major R. M. Martin, the commanding officer of a week-long refresher course for warrant officers at Linton Military Camp, chats with several of the c...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Military Camp, Palmerston North
Date:          September 18, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 September 1960 "A section of the 35 medical officers who are attending exercises at the Linton Military Camp this weekend. They are listening to a lecture by Colonel ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Linton
Date:          September 3, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27th December 1965 "Observing the ruling tradition at Linton Military Camp on Christmas Day, officers and senior non-commissioned officers serve Christmas dinner to othe...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Linton Camp
Date:          December 27, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Sherril Thomson received a thrill when her mother brought her into the city. The Father Christmas in the Square with his letter box proved to be a big ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 14, 1960