PNBHS rugby team.

The coach, standing on the left is Guthrie Wilson (1914-1984), who taught English, History and Latin at the school between 1946 and 1955.

According to The Palmerstonian (1947 yearbook), the following were members of the 2nd X...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

The Ashhurst branch of the Women’s Institute (sometimes Country Women's Institute) was formed 15 August 1932.

A Mrs J. Penket is thought to be 5th from the left behind the front row. She started visiting patients in hospital on behalf of the Man...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          1947

Supporters of the Palmerston North High School Old Boys football team arriving for game, at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. Also see 2011G_ELMAR-2-B3_005155

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946

A ladies basketball team accompanied by their coach, in Pahiatua. Women's indoor basketball was still a new sport in 1947. In 1946 the New Zealand Women's Basketball Association (Inc.) was formed and National and Island championships began in 1947...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Tararua District
Date:          circa 1947

Jean McCready in her white first communion dress. Jean was the daughter of Frank (Francis Henry) McCready Sr (1908-1988), founder of Elmar Studios and his wife Pearl Mary McCready (1907-1995). She was the second youngest of their five children, Pe...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946 to circa 1947

Part of the salvage crew winch equipment down the banks of the Manawatu River in the Gorge. Engine driver Basil Craighead and Fireman R Hoskins drowned when their 140-tonne goods train was derailed by a slip and fell into the flooded Manawatu Rive...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date:          August 24, 1946

The PNTHS first eleven soccer team photograph. The Palmerston North Technical High School was opened in September 1909 on what is now Princess Street, Palmerston North. In 1956 the school moved to the Rangitikei Street site and became known as Que...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

College Street School was established in Palmerston North in 1893, on the west side of College Street opposite the present buildings.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Basketball is now called netball. The Palmerston North Technical High School was opened in September 1909 on what is now Princess Street, Palmerston North. In 1956 the school moved to the Rangitikei Street site and became known as Queen Elizabeth ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Corner of Princess and King Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Women players of the Takaro Croquet Club, Palmerston North, who won in the Inter Club matches run by Manawatu Croquet Association. The Croquet Section of the Takaro Bowling, Croquet and Tennis Club was thought to be formed in 1911, but it was not ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1948

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 Palmerston North in 1937, and the main "Libertyland" factory was completed an...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Corner of Roy Street and Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          194X

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 Palmerston North in 1937, and the main "Libertyland" factory was completed an...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Corner of Roy Street and Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          194X

Shown here is an office desk with what is thought to be a PABX telephone system, staff intercom loudspeaker and a record player - which is thought to have played music while workers sewed.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Corner of Roy Street and Tremaine Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          194X

The interior of a Dakota aeroplane looking from the cockpit to the rear of the plane. A Red Cross first aid kit can be seen to the right of the toilet and the overhead luggage areas have no cupboard doors.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          194X

The interior of a Dakota aeroplane looking from the rear to the cockpit.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          194X

Photographed here is a circular saw, as commonly used by builders, manufactured by William McLean of Dundee.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          194X

The PNTHS rugby second fifteen. The Palmerston North Technical High School was opened in September 1909 on what is now Princess Street, Palmerston North. In 1956 the school moved to the Rangitikei Street site and became known as Queen Elizabeth Te...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

School patrol teams oversee children crossing the road at School pedestrian crossings. College Street School was established in Palmerston North in 1893, on the west side of College Street opposite the present buildings.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

College Street School was established in Palmerston North in 1893, on the west side of College Street opposite the present buildings.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          College Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

The Modernaires dance band was active in New Zealand around the 1940s - 1960s.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

In 1940s Palmerston North, dance bands were in demand to play Saturday night halls, clubs and special occasions. Mel Creighton’s band, named The Aces, is set to play at one such venue, perhaps the ANA Dance Hall (later the Astoria Ballroom) in Geo...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946

The choir outside the main building of PNBHS in Featherston Street, Palmerston North

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

John Murray standing outside Palmerston North Boys High School in Featherston Street. John Murray was employed at Boys High as a Master in 1905, became First Assistant in 1913 and was Rector 1919 - 1946. He served in the first World War and marrie...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946

The boys from Form 3B in 1947 pose for their photograph. According to the school year book for 1947, the boys in this form are: D Allen, C Bezzant, J Burns, M Chalk, W Cherrie, G Cruden, D Denby, J Fenton, R Fox, M Fraser, J Gatley, J Gavey, C Gra...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1947

ZK-ARE issued January 1948; DH82A Tiger Moth 82962; Formerly NZ877/R5067; Crashed in Timaru in 1955 and cancelled from the official register May 1957 (Information from New Zealand Civil Aviation Register). The location is not identified but beyond...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu [?]
Date:          194X

A youth brass band performance watched by a small crowd at the Palmerston North Showgrounds during a band competition on Labour Day weekend.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          194X

An unidentified brass band performs at the Showgrounds during Labour Day weekend.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          194X

An unidentified Pipe Band perform at the Showgrounds, Palmerston North, on Labout Day weekend.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          194X

An unidentified pipe band performs at the Showgrounds during the Labour Day weekend.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          194X

The Salvation Army Sunday School children are depicted here with Salvation Army staff in their citadel in Broadway. The Salvation Army established themselves in Palmerston North in 1884.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          194X