This postcard of the Square shows the South side of the Square, from Church Street West to Main Street West. The buildings, from left, are: the old All Saints Church, The Grand Hotel, The Daily Times, Watchorn's Jewellers, R Hannah Bootmaker, Will...
Creator: W Park No W P 10
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906 to circa 1910
Group photograph of the Regiment.
Creator: F McCready
Place: Woodville
Date: April 12, 1942
Robert Embroiderers were established in Palmerston North in 1876. The adjoining building to the left was Medway printers who obtained there work through word of mouth never having to advertise.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street?, Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 1970
The Duchess of York sits in an open topped car outside the Railway Station, after arriving in Palmerston North as part of the Duke and Duchess of York's New Zealand tour. The duchess became Queen Elizabeth in 1937, and later upon sucession of her ...
Creator: New Zealand Pictorial Photo News
Place: Matthews Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 3, 1927
Mrs Playford (nee Lorna Monckton) was a pupil of Craven School from 1898 until 1906 (see The Colonial One: Loran Monckton of Newstead, 1975). Mrs Playford supplied the following identifications of the girls in this photograph: Back Row (L to R) Et...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1899
Mr Mervyn Dearsly, chairman of the Whanganui Education Board, officially opened the new hall in March 1979. The hall, which doubled as a gymnasium, has a marae type appearance with beamed ceiling and tukutuku patterns. The construction cost $160,000.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1979
The Rongotea Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd was founded 1895. A workman stands next to a butter making churn inside the new Rongotea Dairy Factory, built 1911. The photograph was published 20 September 1911
Creator: New Zealand Dairyman
Place: Rongotea
Date: 1911
A flood rushes under the footbridge on the Mangahao power project. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After b...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: February 17, 1924
The newly completed Fitzherbert Bridge, built 1933 - 1935. It replaced the original bridge across the Manawatu River, to Fitzherbert, built in 1877. This bridge was replaced by a new bridge in 1987.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date: 1935
Mrs Mary Mowlem was wife to Fred Mowlem a commission and estate land agent, in partnership with James Linton in about 1892 and later with James Mowlem. In 1920, Fred was a JP and had retired from Mowlem & Mowlem.
Mary Mowlem was one of approxi...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatū
Date: circa 1900
To help meet the cost of a sports ground a Queen Carnival was held in the district in 1924. The carnival attracted wide support for the functions organised by each of the Queens and their committees. The most successful financially was Miss Rita S...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1924
Mr. W. Greenhow (left) and Dan Thomas at the Manawatu Show.
Creator: Valerie Studios, Wellington
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950
Back row, from left: J Sullivan, J Cole. Middle row: A Smith, G Watchorn, Dr O'Brien (Association President), A Dalgiell. Front row: A Jervis, M Ineson. For more information on this event, see Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9233, 5 July 1912...
Creator: Zak Studios, Wellington
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1912
Edmund Osbourne ran this drapery and clothing business in Foxton but by 1912 he is listed as operating from Main Street West, Palmerston North.
Creator: Daroux
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1902
Mr William Stills and his wife, Hannah, took up this farm at Peep-o-day on the Kimbolton Road, near Bluff Road, during the 1890s.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1902