This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 August 1958, page 6: "Members of No. 14 Squadron, recently returned from Malaya, paraded in the Square yesterday. Although the weather was dismal it was a poor crowd ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 1958
Paul Rieger was Mayor of Palmerston North from 1985 until 1998. He is showing reading to Terrace End pupils as part of the school's Book Celebration Fortnight.
Date: August 1986
Date: August 1986
Letter from Pat (Percival) Argyle. Pat Argyle (1890-1915) was one of the sons of Henry and Alice Argyle of Bunnythorpe. He and his brother Len enlisted in the NZ Expeditionary Forces together and served in World War One.
This letter from Pat to ...
Creator: Pat Argyle
Date: March 24, 1915
This plan for substantial modifications to a two-storey house was designed by L. G. West for J. O. Batchelar. The Danish-born architect Ludolph Georg West (1846-1919) established an architectural practice in Palmerston North in about 1880. In 191...
Creator: L G West
Date: 1909
This map shows Kairanga County as it stood in 1916.
The Kairanga County Council was established in 1902 as a result of the amalgamation of the Manawatū Road Board and the Fitzherbert Road Board. The County amalgamated with the Manawatū County in ...
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Place: Kairanga County
Date: 1916
This map of inner-city Palmerston North has been colour-coded to designate the zoning or land use of different properties. Areas in red are zoned commercial, white are residential and purple are industrial. Recreational areas and open spaces are c...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council, Planner's Department
Date: 1966 to 1968
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This image is part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This image is part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This image is part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
These images are part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
The full suite of photographs for this wedding can be viewed at:
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
This image is part of the Elmar Studios negative collection. Unfortunately, no accompanying information is held.
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Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Corner of Princess Street and Broadway, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
This image was published in the July 16th, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper.
The caption read: “Discussing problems are, from left, Mr Shirley, Colleen Ivory from Auckland (a Community Volunteers co-ordinator), Karen Thorpe (Auckland)...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 16, 1978
This image was published in the July 16th, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper.
An extract from the article read: “While one big building is now being demolished in Palmerston North, an even bigger $1million building is planned to replac...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 16, 1978
A group of eight army personnel posed with military vehicles at the Linton Army Camp. This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Linton Camp
Date: November 1953
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 June, 1959. "Commander A. V. Kempthorne, the officer in charge of the Navy Recruiting Board (left), conducts one of a number of interviews at the Palmerston North Cit...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1959-06-23T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15th January, 1963. "The 2nd Squadron of the Engineers' Regiment are seen carrying out a minesweeping exercise at the Linton Military Camp. Six soldiers probe for anti-t...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: 1963-01-13T00:00:00+00:00
This engineering display was to show Engineering Officers and Senior Officers the capabilities of equipment used by the New Zealand Army. The building of an infantry assault bridge, across the lake at Linton Camp, was part of the display.
Creator: Manawatu Guardian
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1975
Madge Allsop - the fictional character created as the 'straight-woman' to Barry Humphries' outrageous female impersonation act Dame Edna Everage - was embodied by English Actress Patricia 'Emily' Perry.
In 1994 while on tour with Humphries, Perr...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Linton Military Camp
Date: June 20, 1994
A group of recruits perform stretches alongside the track at the Awapuni Racecourse. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Zealand Medical Corps staff. The ins...
Date: September 1918
A large group of soldiers stand on parade in front of what appear to be the betting windows at the Awapuni Racecourse. This was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the sole location for training the New Ze...
Date: circa 1918
This postcard comes from the Mackrell Archive. They came to be in possession of the Mackrell family by way of Huia Mackrell's wife, Doris Cammock (later Mrs Mackrell, of Woodville). They were sent by Doris' brother Frank while he was serving in th...
Creator: Frank Cammock
Date: April 13, 1917