This photograph ran with the caption, "The Great Sorcar as he stepped off the bus from the aerodrome yesterday with the five girls in his company. They are all relatives of his and are, they say, enjoying our lovely country very much". Sorcar was ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 1957
The Palmeston North Operatic Society are shown here performing 'The Drinking Song' during rehearsals for their production of "The Student Prince", in the Palmerston North Opera House. This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 23 August...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 23, 1963
This negative has no identifying information but appears to be the fence of the Esplanade Gardens, on Fitzherbert Avenue.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: unknown
Left to right: Norah Callesen, Annie Millen, Eileen Lynch, Kate Henson, Agnes Spelman, Kathleen (Gay) Spelman, Adelia (Delia) Spelman, Olive Hunt, Mary Leamy, Eileen Spelman, Mary Wellock, Albery Henson, Oscar (Tui) Callesen, Bernard Spelman, Unkn...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Awahou, Pohangina
Date: January 1909 to February 1909
The building was decorated for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, when they visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The Royal Civic dinner was held in the Rosco tearooms on the 2nd floor. C M Ross Co. Ltd ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
This photographs shows the King Edward VII Coronation Fountain in The Square. The Coronation Fountain was built in 1902, in the middle of The Square but was shifted to this location in 1926, to allow the Cenotaph to take the central focus. It was ...
Creator: Ken Brady
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
Poster advertising Christmas, created by Allan Smith while working in the Display Department of Milne and Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Disp...
Creator: Allan Smith - Milne and Choyce
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960 to 1966
A dinner was held in the C M Ross tearooms for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of their visit to Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. This photograph is taken from behind the Royal chairs, designed and bu...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
Shirley Cleland (now Welch) was one of the many women who helped with the floral arrangements for the Royal Civic Dinner, held in the C M Ross tearooms, for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, when they visited Palmerston ...
Creator: Geoffrey Tremaine
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 14, 1954
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954, staying overnight at the Grand Hotel. A decorative crown was erected on top of the Band Rotunda, in honour of the visit. Behind the rotunda, th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
Students in the Massey University concourse and a view of the science building.
Creator: C M Thompson
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
Rangiātea Church in Otaki, New Zealand was the oldest Māori Anglican church in New Zealand. In 1848, Te Rauparaha who had just returned to Otaki from Australia, issued the challenge of building the church to the chief of Te Wehiwehi, who accepted....
Creator: Unknown
Place: Kapiti District
Date: unknown
Rangiātea Church in Otaki, New Zealand was the oldest Māori Anglican church in New Zealand. In 1848, Te Rauparaha who had just returned to Otaki from Australia, issued the challenge of building the church to the chief of Te Wehiwehi, who accepted....
Creator: Unknown
Place: Kapiti District
Date: unknown
Rangiātea Church in Otaki, New Zealand was the oldest Māori Anglican church in New Zealand. In 1848, Te Rauparaha who had just returned to Otaki from Australia, issued the challenge of building the church to the chief of Te Wehiwehi, who accepted....
Creator: Unknown
Place: Kapiti District
Date: unknown
This is the transcribed war diary of Gunner James Athol Stubbs (service number 437400), who died from viral hepatitis Type A while returning home from serving in the New Zealand Artillery, 6 Field.
Creator: James A Stubbs
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1940 to June 1944
Bernard Cox (1905 - 1970) was a Palmerston North architect. The houses designed by Cox are important as examples of modernism, a major twentieth century movement that revolutionised the way houses are designed and constructed and which expressed t...
Creator: Margaret Tate - Manawatu Branch of New Zealand Histroic Places Trust
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 2001
This is a portrait of Mr and Mrs H.C. Collinson and Family. Back row from left: Emma, Henry; Leo; Jim; Florence. Front row from left: Myrtle, Mr H.C. Collinson, Doris, Mrs Collinson nee Frances Elizabeth Gittings.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
This photograph shows a group of nurse aids employed at Rostrata Maternity Home. The only identified person is Zena Bourke, who stands second from right. The building was situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets and owned by E B Wats...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1951
This photograph shows a group of nurse aids employed at Rostrata Maternity Home. Zena Bourke can be seen first on the left (standing) and the matron is fifth from left (standing). The building was situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Str...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1951
Winstone Ltd was established in Palmerston North around 1930 as a supplier of building materials. It later expanded to sub-contracting and tile making. The office and showroom was added to the existing building in Lombard Street c 1963.
Creator: Matt Ryan
Place: Taonui Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1988
This photograph shows a man on a 2-Speed Douglas motorcycle and a woman riding in the sidecar. The people are unidentified, but also appear in 2015P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_011123.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1922 to 1924
This photograph shows Bert Malcolm on a motorcycle - the markings on the bike indicate that it is a Rudge Multi. Shortly after this picture was taken, he left for war service in Egypt and Palestine with the Wellington Mounted Rifles. After the war...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1916
This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 6 September 1963 with the caption: "During the week, Cubs from Feilding visited the "Manawatu Standard" office. Here they are seen watching Mr R Hardman as he operates a linotype machine."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 6, 1963
After work, this group of women went haymaking at the Fitzherbert property in Ihaka Street, Palmerston North, as part of the war effort. From left: Unknown; Eileen Redwood, worked at the Bank of New Zealand (later Mrs Kingston); Edna Spillman, wor...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Ihaka Street, Palmerston North
Date: January 1941
Edna Spillman served in the New Zealand army, in World War II, for four years. Part of her service, as seen here, was spent working at the Railways Office, booking free railway passes for servicemen and their families. Her boss was Captain Harold ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1944
Sir Cyril and Lady Newell, in the back seat, are driven up the driveway of Massey Agricultural College in a car suitably decorated by students. Sir Cyril was Governor General for New Zealand 1941 - 1946. Massey Agricultural College, founded in 192...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1941
Sir Cyril and Lady Newell are driven through the gates of Massey Agricultural College in a car suitably decorated by students. Sir Cyril was Governor General for New Zealand 1941 - 1946. Massey Agricultural College, founded in 1928, was the foreru...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1941
Sir Cyril and Lady Newell are escorted from their offical vehicle into a car decorated and attended by students of Massey Agricultural College. Sir Cyril was Governor General for New Zealand 1941 - 1946. Massey Agricultural College, founded in 192...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1941
Sir Cyril and Lady Newell (in car) are escorted by students armed with pitchforks, up the driveway of Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North. Sir Cyril was Governor General for New Zealand 1941 - 1946. Massey Agricultural College, founded i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey College, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1941
Sir Cyril Newell, Governor General for New Zealand 1941 - 1946, meets students, at attention with pitchforks over their shoulders, of Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North. Massey Agricultural College, founded in 1928, was the forerunner o...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Massey University, Palmerston North
Date: October 21, 1941