This photograph is of Palmerston North Boys' High School sports ground and adjacent North Street Park. It is believed to show an inter-house marching competition, which was held at the conclusion of the school's athletic sports day. The old swimmi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Child Brothers Ltd, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, was established in 1919 by Edward G Child and his sons, W J Child & E W H Child. They opened the metal crushing depot and plant at the end of Albert Street near the Manawatu River c1927. The busines...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

Mrs Sarah Ann Linton, nee Kibblewhite (1852-1916) was the wife of James Linton, second Mayor of Palmerston North. They married in 1869 and had eleven children. In 1871, they moved to Palmerston North, where they were said to have built the first b...

Creator:      Johnson, Wellington
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905

The buildings on Church Street West are: Evening Standard building - Erected after the 1891 fire and was replaced in 1937. The newspaper moved in to this building between 1903-1910; The Council Chambers were housed in the old Colonial Bank of New ...

Creator:      A A Pratt
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1909 to 1913

Rangitikei Street, east side. The Royal Tea Rooms shown here are located between the Royal Hotel on the right and the Government Life Building under construction on the left.

Creator:      Elmar Studios
Date:          circa 1950