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Clarendon Building, corner of The Square and Rangitikei Street

Clarendon Building, corner of The Square and Rangitikei Street

Built as the Clarendon Hotel in 1904, the building became commercial premises after the hotel closed due to a fire c1925. An original third floor was removed after the 1931 earthquake. Goldfinch and Cousins occupied premises in the building from 1927-1975. Colonial Mutual Life (CML) purchased the building in 1950, and it was demolished c. 1975 for a new CML 6-storey office building. This building now houses 'The Hub' accommodation block, with shops at ground level. Beyond can be seen the (now demolished) former National Bank of New Zealand, on the corner of Cuba Street and Rangitikei Street.

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Palmerston North
 
View over Palmerston North from the Telecom Tower

View over Palmerston North from the Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street down Princess Street (central street) to the church on the corner of Ferguson and Morris Streets. Beyond can be seen the Tararua Ranges. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street, down Main Street, towards Ashhurst and the Ruahine Ranges. Running parallel to the right is Church Street. Cars can be seen parked on the recently uplifted railway track land, after the station and train lines were relocated to the edge of the city. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street, across to Broadway and beyond. The Regent Theatre, then a cinema, can be seen at centre, along with other businesses on Broadway. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View over Palmerston North from the Telecom Tower

View over Palmerston North from the Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street down onto Church Street and the construction of the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board building. Beyond left can be see the church on the corner of Ferguson and Morris Streets. Beyond can be seen the Tararua Ranges. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street down onto Princess Street, between the corner of Main and Princess at right, to corner of Broadway and Princess to left. the Catholic Cathedral, St Patricks can be seen clearly on Broadway. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of The Square and Railway Land from the Telecom Tower

View of The Square and Railway Land from the Telecom Tower

Looking from the top of the Telecom Tower, over The Square, and down over the Railway Land (formerly the yards and station for the railway).

One of a set of photographs taken from the Telecom Tower during its construction.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street, down to the roundabout on the corner of Princess Street and Broadway. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Princess Street and Broadway Avewnue, Palmerston North
 
View over Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View over Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street directly towards the Aokautere area and the Tararua Ranges in the background. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street, looking roughly south-east. the T& G toweron Broadway can be clearly seen at centre, and the small, original Post Office on Main Street in the foreground left (this is now the Cafe at the Esplanade). Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street, down to the corner of Princess Street and Church Street, with Ferguson Street to the right. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
Overlooking Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Overlooking Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking down to the corner of Main Street, with the then Public Library on the left foreground and the then Chief Post Office on right foreground. Shows across one side of The Square to corner of Coleman Place, with the DIC department Store facing.

A set of photos taken when the Telecom Tower was being constructed.

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Palmerston North
 
Overlooking Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Overlooking Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street towards the Tararua Ranges in the background. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

Looking from the Telecom Tower on Main Street, across Broadway and beyond. The Regent Theatre, then a cinema, can be seen at left on Broadway. Photograph taken during the early stages of construction of the tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmerston North from Telecom Tower

View of Palmeston North that looks over Church Street, in the foreground, towards the Tararua Mountains in the east. The Club Hotel and PDC in Church Street can be seen in foreground right.

One of a set of photographs taken during the construction of the Telecom Tower.

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Palmerston North
 
View of Church Street, from the Telecom Tower

View of Church Street, from the Telecom Tower

View down Church Street, from the Club Hotel. Notable buildings that can be distinguished are the PDC, All Saints Church and the Grand Hotel. The Tararua Mountain Range can be seen in the distance.

One of a set of photographs taken during the construction of the Telecom Tower in Main Street.

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Palmerston North
 
Schooner 'Advance' at Jetty

Schooner 'Advance' at Jetty

This circumstances of this photograph are unknown, but it shows a schooner rigged scow named 'Advance' at a jetty alongside what appears to be a steam train or traction engine. This may have been the boat built by Brown & Sons at Kaipara in 1903. According to Watt's Shipping Index, this was transferred to Sydney in 1908, where it was wrecked in 1915.

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W.H. Shepard  and Andrew Young

W.H. Shepard and Andrew Young

Andrew Young, on the right, was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1855. He established himself in the coach business there, and later in New Zealand (in Otago 1862 – 1868 and in Westland 1868 – 1871). In partnership with Shepard, Young gained the franchise on the Wellington – New Plymouth mail run. Shepard drowned within a few months, but Young continued the business until 1882. In the 1890s he again operated in the South Island. In 1894 he narrowly lost Wellington’s mayoralty.

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Palmerston North
 
Public Library Water Feature

Public Library Water Feature

The water feature in the newly opened Palmerston North Public Library.

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Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
 
Construction of the Public Library - exterior
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Construction of the Public Library - exterior

A series of images spanning 4 May - 14 September, 1965, depicting the construction of the Public Library on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The library was officially opened on 4 November, 1965.

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Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
 
[Gordon Cumming unveils bronze tablet commemorating centenary of Palmerston North Hospital]

[Gordon Cumming unveils bronze tablet commemorating centenary of Palmerston North Hospital]

This image was taken for a story that appeared in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 21 December 1994, published with the caption: "A bronze tablet to commemorate the first 100 years of the Palmerston North Hospital was unveiled last night. Hospital centennial committee chairman Gordon Cumming unveiled the sculpture by Palmerston North artist Paul Dibble. It had been placed in the main foyer of the hospital. Mr Cumming said the sculpture, which symbolises a patient and health professionals, was the final gesture from the centennial committee, which last year erected a centennial banner in the hospital chapel.

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[Paul Dibble with 'Concrete in the Garden' installation]

[Paul Dibble with 'Concrete in the Garden' installation]

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 9 November 1981, titled 'Concrete in the Garden.' It describes the installation of the same name by the Palmerston North artist Paul Dibble (1943-2023) that was on view at the Manawatū Art Gallery.

The impetus for Dibble’s installation was his dislike of the recently-constructed PNCC Civic Administration Building and what he considered the oppressive heaviness of its brutalist concrete form. Instead, his art work “recreated a light fragile space using thin metal rods” which established “the limits of his ‘garden’ and convey that all-important lightness – in an abstract way”. Wax figures recline on strips of artificial grass, while brightly-coloured, sheet-metal parrots are perched on the metal rods. Dibble had weighted the parrots with lead-filled beer bottle tops, which meant that the movement of visitors to the gallery caused the birds to sway gently, animating the space.

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Dannevirke Town Hall - Queen Carnival

Dannevirke Town Hall - Queen Carnival

This photograph is believed to be of a Queen Carnival coronation held at the Dannevirke Town hall in December 1940. Queen carnivals were a popular way to raise money for patriotic purposes and to support the war effort. They might incorporate a talent quest, dance, sports contest or concert, and women competed to raise the most money for the cause. The winner was crowned queen. In 1940, 8462 pounds was raised in Dannevirke for the Heart-to-Heart appeal during the Dannevirke and District Queen Carnival. Miss Elsie Grant was the winning candidate.

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Dannevirke and district
 
Palmerston North Opera House - Hospital Revue

Palmerston North Opera House - Hospital Revue

People dressed in costumes for a theatre production or fancy dress party. Visible are several knights, nuns, friars and ladies.

It is believed to be a photograph of hospital nurses performing a revue at the Opera House 10-11 August 1945, with entertainment and sketches depicting nurses from the past. Proceeds from the shows were to go to patriotic purposes.

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Palmerston North
 
Palmerston North Opera House  - Stage production

Palmerston North Opera House - Stage production

The cast of "Life with Father", performed by the Palmerston North Little Theatre Society at the Palmerston North Opera House 22-24 November 1945.
The 16 cast members were: Kay Nichols, Helen Whitehead, Derek Bennett, Ian H. Stewart, Barry Powell, Colin Tucker, Joe Lorigan, Margaret O'Connor, Mavis French, Lorna Proctor, Hector McKay, Joanne Varcoe, Win Cox, John Hunter, Fred Aisher, Beth Jones.

The play was very popular in the 1940s, widely performed in New Zealand and overseas. In 1947 it was made into a film.

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Manawatu
 
Procession in The Square

Procession in The Square

This event is believed to be the start of the 1927 Jubilee celebrations. A large procession was held 2 March 1927, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Borough of Palmerston North.The procession included the Salvation Army band, the Municipal Band, decorated vehicles, historic cars and farm equipment and a Māori waka on wheels. The procession was reported to be over a mile long and as it moved around Te Marae O Hine/The Square and was watched by tens of thousands of people.

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The Square, Palmerston North
 
Celebrations in The Square

Celebrations in The Square

Photograph of a gathering around Te Marae-O Hine believed to be early March 1927. The large crowd was here possibly to see the Duke and Duchess of York, whose visit on 3-4 March 1927 coincided with the week of Jubilee celebrations marking 50 years of the Borough of Palmerston North.

The wooden building on the east/Church Street corner (showing Nimmo's Piano Depot signage) was replaced with a concrete three storey building in 1929.

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The Square, Palmerston North
 
Third Public Library

Third Public Library

The third Public Library was situated in the wooden building on the right of this photograph. This particular building was constructed in 1897, and served as the Borough Council Offices, but by 1905 it became too small for this purpose. The Public Library occupied the site until 1929.

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Palmerston North
 
Public Library in The Square

Public Library in The Square

This building was constructed as the 5th Public Library to operate in Palmerston North. The three-storey library building was opened on 4 November 1965 and served as the city's library until 1996.

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Palmerston North
 
People in front of thermal pool and the Grande Vue Private Hotel,  Rotorua

People in front of thermal pool and the Grande Vue Private Hotel, Rotorua

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the Young Collection is unknown, but W J Young lived on a farm in Mt Stewart, Rangitikei, and some of the photographs include his house. The Young family were apparently avid travellers and photographs later in the collection feature scenes from Rotorua, Auckland, Whanganui, as well as other unidentified locations. The portraits are all unidentified, but are presumably of members of the Young family. The photographers parents were George Henry (b 1833) and Jane McDowell (b 1842, d 1916). They came to New Zealand in 1877. The same year, they bought the home farm on Mt Stewart and called it Kilrudden after Kilrudden House, the home of the McDowell family in Ireland. The couple had four children: Ann (b 1873), Margaret (b 1876), John (b 1878) and William James (b 1880). William James married Mary Elizabeth Thompson and they had four children: Doris (b 1914, d 1989), George (b 1916, d 1991), Royden McDowell (b 1925, d 1992) and Noel William (b 1927, d 2013).

The hotel opened in 1910 on the corner of Haupapa and Hiwemaru Streets , Rotorua. It was later known as Crowthier House.

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