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

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

Students in the Massey University concourse and a view of the science building.

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

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

This photograph looks towards the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. In the middle of the image, children can be seen playing in the Lakelet. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying S...

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

The Centennial Convention Centre, the third and final stage of the Civic Centre, was officially opened on Sunday September 28, 1980. The centre was designed to hold conferences, exhibitions and social events. The ground floor has the exhibition ha...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Corner of George and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

The Manawatu Catchment Board was the first to be formed in New Zealand. In 1987 the Board amalgamated with the Rangitikei Wanganui Catchment Board to form the Central Districts Catchment Board, though it continued to officially exist until 1989 wh...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          541 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

Susan Herbert Knight (nee Nicholson) was born in Waipukarau in 1865. She married Robert Dawson Knight and moved to the Manawatu in 1903. They farmed at Longburn before, as a widow, she moved to live in Grey Street, Palmerston North in 1947. She di...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

The Palmerston North Bus Terminal was opened 10 January 1977, replacing the old bus terminal on the Square. It was situated on Church Street East and cost $50,000 to build. The site is now incorporated into 'The Plaza' in Palmerston North.

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

The Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) building in Palmerston North was designed by A and K Henderson in the distinctive 'house' style developed by the firm and constructed in 1938. In front is the building...

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          Corner of Broadway and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

The Sir Geoffrey Peren Building (named for the first principal of Massey Agricultural College, previously known as the Old Main Building) was designed by Roy A. Lippincott in the Spanish Mission / Mission Revival style. It was built by Fletcher Co...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

The Social Sciences building at Massey University.

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

This photograph looks towards Broadway Avenue from The Square. The spire that can be seen in the distance is the Church of the Holy Spirit, or St Patricks as it is commonly known.

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

"Whare Rata", was built in Fitzherbert in 1901, for Arthur Edward Russell, a retired farmer of Manawatu. The name means "The House of Redbeard", after Mr Rusell. The Government purchased the property in 1951, after Mrs Ethel Russell's death, and i...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

A panoramic view of Palmerston North from Aokautere Hill across the Manawatu River. The Manawatu River runs in the foreground of the picture.

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

Rotary Court is a student hall of residence on campus at Massey University.

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

A panorama of The Square in Palmerston North, looking doen Rangitikei Street in the background. Visible are the clock tower (the sound shell is now removed) and the DIC building (formerly the CM Ross Building, now home of the Palmerston North City...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

This photograph looks down one side of The Square in Palmerston North, to Church Street East, from near the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square.

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This photograph appears to have been taken from a vehicle driving down Fitzherbert Avenue towards The Square. The Hopwood Clock Tower, built six years before this photograph was taken, is visible in the distance.

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          Fitzherbert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This shot of Rangitikei Street shows a variety of stores located in this area in the 1960s - including Taylors, a BP petrol station and several second-hand car lots. The Hopwood Clock Tower, built six years before this photograph was taken, can be...

Creator:      Ken Brady
Place:          Rangitikei Streeet, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

View of The Square in Palmerston North. Visible are the DIC building (formerly the CM Ross Building, now home to the Palmerston North City Library) in the background, the lakelet and the Civic Administration Building. The lakelet was constructed i...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

John Adam Sligo was the Son of Alfred and Rose (nee Adam) Sligo of Gisborne, and the husband of Marie Theresa Sligo, of Lower Hutt. John Sligo served in WWII as a Pilot Officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 57 (RAF) Squadron. He was killed i...

Creator:      Unknown

Date:          1941

This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. The original 1906 building was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. It was originally built with a clock tower but this was ...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s

The Vet Tower at Massey University. Construction began in the 1960s and completed in the early 1970s. Massey University is the only veterinary school in New Zealand be set up. By 1961 the Council of Massey Agricultural College was invited to estab...

Creator:      C M Thompson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1970s