Looking across the railway lines to the Main Road through Bunnythorpe.

The panelled, furnished, foyer of , what appears to be, a large house.

The War Memorial, dedicated to those who died in World War I and World War II, was opened in 1952 at what was then called Fitzroy Park. It was renamed Memorial Park in 1954.

Three members of a survey party enjoy a view of the 'Pots' on Otaki River. The Otaki River originates in the Tararua Range and flows for 45 km, firstly heading southwest through a valley in the Tararua Ranges. It turns northwest in the area of Otaki Forks, where it is joined by the Waiotauru River. After continuing through Otaki Gorge it reaches the Tasman Sea south of the settlement of Otaki Beach.

The Bowling Green Company purchased 18 feet of land fronting Lombard Street, the property of Mrs Freeland, and also Mr Jepson's property in Taonui Street in order to create the Palmerston North Bowling Club. Made through Mr Mowlem's agency, the land cost around £480. One-half of the Jepson land was made into a four-rink green, leaving the three cottages on the other half intact, thus providing the revenue to pay the interest on the extended loan the club took out to pay for the property. A new pavilion was deemed necessary and a subscription was sought to raise the £37 16s. Mr John Lane won the tender to lay the green at a cost of £51 10s.

Shown here is the Queen's table and an table for other dignitaries decorated ready for a reception in the Rosco tearooms [now the City Library 2020].

The float is pictured outside the C M Ross premises on George Street. It featured women staff members dressed in period costumes from throughout the 50 year history of Palmerston North.

This photograph shows the grounds of Whakarongo School. The two classroom block visible here was erected in 1956.

The Palmerston North Public Hospital was constructed in 1893 at a cost of £3,700, with a pound for pound subsidy from the Government. It was built about a mile and a half from The Square in a northerly direction on a slight terrace, over-looking the town, which was presumed to give it a healthy position. The hospital remains on the same site today. The bottom picture gives a view of the original set up of a ward.

This photograph shows the shops on the corner of Ruahine Street and Main Street. From left: McKinnon's, a bicycle store; Rana and Co, a fruiterers; Watson Brothers; the Post Office.

The Foxton railway line was opened as a wooden tramway to Palmerston North, operating 1871–1873. It converted to iron 1875–1876. The line was closed 19 July 1959.

This photograph shows the demolition of the top floor of Central School, Featherston Street after the Napier Earthquake in 1931. There were four main incarnations of Central School - The Original School (corner of Main and Princess Streets, 1873-1890), Campbell Street School (1890-1922), Central School (Featherston Street, built 1922), Central Normal School (became a practice school for teachers college students in 1956).

Constable Kathleen Hannah Wilhelmina McAlley, nee Floyd, [1909-1988] started work as Palmerston North’s first policewoman on 22 June 1951. McAlley transferred to New Plymouth Police in 1955 and retired in 1971. See Ray Carter, Beyond the Call of Duty. A History of the Palmerston North Police District, Stylex Print. Palmerston North, 1988, p. 74.

The crowd watching a parade of horse drawn vehicles in the main ring at the A & P Show. The first A & P Show in Palmerston North was held in 1886. Comprised of two individual photographs - see 2009N_AP10a_A-E_2235 and 2009N_AP10b_A-E_2235 for these views.

Meredith McKay Ltd, was situated on Berryman's Lane, off Broadway. The fire, 21 September 1974, destroyed about $200,000 worth of goods and machinery and three firemen required hospital treatment after being overcome by fumes.

Shown here are people enjoying the Pergola built in The Esplanade – the Palmerston North City gardens. Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The pergola was built c1916-1917 and demolished c1940.

Palmerston North City Council Reserves department entry in the Floral Festival, at the Showgrounds.

Rongotea School celebrated its centennial at Easter weekend, April 18-19 1981. The school was opened March 28 by the headmaster, Mr F Whitcombe. The school, known as the Campbell-town School, had a roll of 11. The Centennial Parade through Rongotea ended at the school, where a roll call and decade photographs were taken.

A general view of Mangaweka with the Rangitikei River in the foreground. Mangaweka is a township on State Highway One (SH1), in the North Island of New Zealand, with a population of just over 200. It is between Taihape to the north and Hunterville to the south.

The Skyhawk, piloted by Flight Lieutenant John Nicholas Dick, was on a routine exercise in the Colenso area of the Ruahine Ranges when it crashed on 25 March 1981. Flight Lieutenant Dick was killed in the crash. This photograph shows the location of the crash. The top arrow shows the point of impact, the centre arrow shows where the engine was found and the bottom arrow shows the parachute canopy.

An aerial view of the Terrace End shopping area of Palmerston North. In the left foreground is Main Street, showing the central parking where the railway line formerly ran, off which runs Ruahine Street. Broadway runs off Ruahine Street. The Princess Hotel can be seen in the foreground slightly right of centre.

'Darkie' belonged to Mary Roots and 'Man' was Mrs Emily Wybourne Roots (nee Reid) horse. The Roots lived at Upper Kawhatau, north of Rangiwahia in the Ruahine Ranges.

The “Marion’ floating dredge hard at work widening the Linton main drain, note the large wooden cover on the rear of the machine. This dredge, built by the Marion Steam Shovel Co. of the USA was purchased in 1922 by the Makerua Srainage Board.

The Manawatu Stables, on the far right, stood on George Street, Palmerston North. They were replaced by the Palace Movie Theatre in 1915 (later the Mayfair and then the Odeon), which was demolished to make way for what is now Harvey Normans (2007). The two-storey brick building in the centre was built by the Union Bank of Australasia in 1911. Palmerston North's first Survey Office stood on the same site in 1866. Coleman Place, now called Coleman Mall, was named after Sylvester Coleman who was a Borough Councillor and businessman in the early days of Palmerston North.

Mr. Samuel Watkin Luxford (1856 – 1925) established a pedigree herd of Ayrshire cattle on his farm at Awapuni. Mr. Luxford was a well know cattle breeder in Manawatu and was a President of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He sold the Awapuini farm about 1907 and later retired to Auckland, where he died. He was a brother of William Lewis Luxford, timber merchant and saw miller of Manawatu and Hawkes Bay. In the background can be see the platform of the Awapuini Railway station.

A severe storm which crossed the North Island 2 February 1936 caused substantial damage in and around Palmerston North, one of the hardest hit towns. Houses lost roofs, chimneys were blown over, the grandstands of the A&P Association, the Awapuni Racecourse and the sportsground were demolished, and a man was killed when he was blown off his roof as he tried to repair it. This photograph shows the damage to the Karere Railway Station. The Manawatu Evening Standard (3/02/1936) described the aftermath: "The Karere Railway Station was no more. Lifted by one gust of tremendous force, it had been hurled across the line, to fall shattered to pieces and beyond repair."

This photograph shows a crowd of people traveling by boat, possibly to the celebration surrounding the opening of the dam at Turitea on 17 February 1913.

George Ernest Davey of Kairanga, 19 years of age, drowned in the Awapuni Lagoon 14 January 1894, while swimming there with his brothers William and Samuel. At the time he was working for Mr Foster-Pratt. George is buried at Terrace End cemetery.

At the first Cuba Street Fire Station, Palmerston North, situated near the corner of George Street, 1910-1926. From left. On the Clydesdale engine: Unknown (rear); 'Paddy' Prentice; Coleman; Unknown (rear); Superintendent Barnard (seated); Unknown. On the Commer engine (on right): Joe White; Jim Dalton; Alf Gordon; Davidson; Hopkins; Robinson.

Samuel Jickell was the Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. In 1905, a new outfall was laid and septic tanks and filter beds were constructed at Awapuni. These septic tanks were in use until 1968.