Looking down Church Street East side of The Square, from near the corner of Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue). The businesses from right: J A Nash's store and commission agency (he was Mayor from 1908-1923); Hardy's Adelaide Wines, General Merchants...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
This is the home of the Prentice family in Boundary Road. The brickworks can be seen at the back of the cottage. All the bricks in All Saint's Church and many other local buildings were made here. Christian names from left to right: Albert Bernard...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1905
Watchorns Ltd, located at 162-163 The Square, was founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, but was soon taken over and operated solely by Mr G Watchorn. This view is of the houseware department.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1970 to circa 1999
Flooding at Awapuni, at the end of the Palmerston North Racecourse. In the centre, the two storied gabled house is the Women’s Division of Federated Farmer’s Union rest home “Kaianga Moe’, which later burnt down in 1958. This house, formerly 'Shal...
Creator: Royal New Zealand Airforce
Place: Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date: January 1953
This two-storey house was constructed about 1891 by Mr & Mrs C A Von Blaramberg and served as the family residence and the Carow Ladies’ College (also known as the Carow Girls’ Collegiate School) until about 1902. It was situated in Carow Street, ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Carow Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
Opened 15 Apr 1915, the Awapuni Hospital, was originally known as the Old People's Home of Palmerston North, catering for men and women. It closed December 1989, because patient numbers were falling, it was some distance from services at Palmersto...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 140 Maxwells Line, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
This photograph shows a variety of women's basketball teams playing the sport in the Pascal Street Stadium (now Arena Manawatu)
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
In 1886 the Government gifted 9.5 acres of land in Cuba Street to the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and the first A&P show was held in that year. In 1973 the Grounds were transferred to the Palmerston North City Co...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date: 1973
The newly completed Administration Building, for the Palmerston North City Council, was completed in 1979, and staff moved in January 1980. Office space was designed to be open plan. This is the Councillor's room, complete with a green velour loun...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
Palmerston North hosted a visit from a group from a French war ship during World War II. The Mayor, A.E. Mansford is seated fourth from the left in the front row.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1942
The New Zealand Dairy Research Institute is in Palmerston North.
Creator: Dairy Research Institute
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1967
James Ernest Walkley, enlisted in the Wellington Mounted Rifles and served in World War One. He died 9 August 1915 at Chunuk Bair, Turkey, and is buried there. He was listed as the brother of S. Walkley of Auckland. His name appears on the War Mem...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1914
A large crowd of visitors gather at what appears to be a camp of the Rifle Volunteers, possibly in the vicinity of Foxton.
Creator: R.O. Hornblow, Foxton
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1905 to circa 1906
A band plays at the official opening of the second Fitzherbert Bridges, built 1933 - 1935 by Fletcher Construction. The view looks across the new bridge towards the Aokautere and Massey Agricultural College side.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date: March 1935
There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. On Wednesday a 'Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages' paraded around The Square. This 1912 Thornycroft headed the commercial vehicle section of the p...
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: March 19, 1952
Currie Brothers’ Store and Post Office are in the foreground, about where the hall used to stand. The house on the right was occupied by Bob Batchelor for many years, later by D Cumming.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1904
This may be Mr John Jarvis. According to his obituary, he was "one of the oldest settlers of the Manawatu" and "most prominently identified with the Manawatu and West Coast A&P Association and with pig and poultry breeding associations." He came t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rongotea
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1909
This photograph shows part of the Mangahao Dam construction site, a crane can be seen in the background and what appears to be a steel reinforcing wall below the concrete dam. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1924
At the Woodville end of the Gorge can be seen the Ballance Bridge on the right. It was constructed in 1905 and in use until a new bridge was compelted in 1971. To the left can be seen the railway line through to Hawkes Bay, opened in 1891. The tun...
Creator: S M Nairn
Place: Tararua District
Date: circa 1925
Methodist services began in Palmeston North in 1871. Because of growth it was decided to establish a church in the southern part of the town and land was purchased in Cuba Street, on the corner of Domain Street, in 1893. However, it was not until ...
Creator: J C
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1950