One of the displays in the Manawatu Museum included this wooden trough, found near Turangi in 1971. It was used to snare native wood pigeons.

Looking from the river walk in the Esplanade gardens, to the Fitzherbert Bridge across the Manawatu River, built 1877. The original donated cards are postmarked 1906, with one sent to Miss Kathleen Thompson, Kaueka, Castlemain, Victoria [Australia] and the other to Miss Newman, 'on a hill', Napier.

This early photograph of Ferguson Street was taken between Albert Street and Victoria Street, looking towards Fitzherbert Avenue. Ferguson Street was named after Alexander Ferguson, Mayor of Palmerston North 1885-86, and a Borough Councillor 1878-1884 and 1888. A Scotsman by birth, he came to New Zealand on the 'Star of Germany and arrived in Palmerston North about 1878. He bought George Snelson's store which he ran as a grocery and hardware business in The Square. He left Palmerston North c 1888 and is thought to have 'farmed beyond Feilding', lived in Whanganui for 14 years and ended up in Tauranga, where he died in August 1931. In 1925 he presented a Mayoral Chain of office to the Borough Council.

Otaki Forks is 19 km inland from Otaki township. It is the main western entrance to the Tararua Forest Park, and where two tributaries, the Waiotauru River and Waitatapia Stream, meet the Otaki River.

Assisting Artists: Frank Birmingham, Bass Baritone; Phyliss Ferguson,Operatic Soprano; Marie Moffatt, Solo Pianiste. Hon. Conductor: C L Mowlem; Hon. Deputy Leader: Miss D S Baker; Hon. Librarian: Mr A Tonkin; Hon Sec: P S Larcomb; Hon Leader: Mrs R S Law; Hon Pianist: Mrs V Clift; Hon. Stage Manager: F Cousins. 1st Violins: Mrs R S Law; Miss D S Baker; Mrs J Fisher; Mrs A Farmer; Mrs Oppatt; Miss B Bartlett; Miss b Eliott; Mr Chapman. 2nd Violins: P S Larcomb; A Farmer; A Wood; Mrs Wotton; Mrs Chittenden; Miss Findlay. Violas: Miss N Hobson; L Findlay. Celli: Mrs E D Warburton, F G Dale. Bass: A W Leet; Clarinets: H Mylroi; F Piper. Cornets A J Berryman; J Elliott; W Lester. French Horn: A Tonkin. Flute: A Pasloe: Sax: Mr Livingstone. Trombones: W Ohara; Newth; O’Hara Jnr. Tympani Etc C. Bell.

View of the Railway Station in Main Street, looking east. Taken after 1906 as the Grand Hotel is in the background, but before 1914 as the old wooden All Saint's Church steeple is present.

The Palmerston North Hospital was opened in 1893, and has been substantially altered and added on to, on the same site, over the years. Photograph shows external views of the Princess Mary and Prince of Wales wards, probably built c1920.

A car carrying the Prime Minister, Mr J G Ward arriving at the Showgrounds of Palmerston North. Ward is seated in the back of the first car. Card containing duplicate photographs. The first A & P Show in Palmerston North was held in 1886.

A humorous group called the 'Darktown Fire Brigade' giving a demonstration of a fire rescue at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. The 'Fire Bridgade' was raising money for the A &P Association.

In the early hours of Sunday May 15, 1977 fire destroyed the cattle pavilion which was being used to store wool by Feltex Wools Ltd. The fire destroyed or damaged $1 million worth of wool and razed the $200,000 building. This fire was one in a series of mysterious fires in the city on the Sunday morning. Seen here is the Showgrounds Wool Store at the height of the blaze.

Shown here is the exterior of the pergola which stood in the Victoria 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.

This new track at Shirriffs Road, Palmerston North, measuring 826 yards was the longest track in New Zealand in 1975. Mr J.A. Walding, MP for Palmerston North, opened the track followed by an international race meeting to mark the opening of the track.

A severe storm which crossed the North Island on 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 and 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 power lines of the town. The Manawatu Evening Standard (3/02/1936) described the aftermath: "The worst damage of all to the electricity service was seen along Foxton Line, opposite Monrad Street. Starting just beyond Botanical Road and finishing at the turn off to the racecourse, sixteen of the poles carrying the main transmission line were flat on the roadway and tangled lines everywhere."

The Palmerston North City Council bought some of the decorative lights originally displayed in Regent Street, London, for display during Palmerston North's centennial. Here, PNCC workmen unpack the lights.

The crop being harvested appears to be wheat. “Bill Read, Farmer” is written on the back of photograph

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also commemorates those who died in World War Two, and the Korean and Vietman Wars.

Front Row: W.H Lewis; G.W Keeling; C.N Clausen; J.A Watchorn; J.A Nash, MP; T.T Kerslake; L.A Abrahams; J Mowlem; W Cook; R Edwards; D Pringle; L.A Abraham; J Cunninghame; R.S Abraham; H.B Tucker. Middle Row: L Dahl; W Mouldey; A.E Whitehead; G Miller; E K Perrin; J Nairn; F Aisher; J McGill; F.J Nathan; F.J Oakley; F Bryant; Unknown; W Reed; M.A Eliott; A.J Shailer; A Levy; J.G Mayo; A.J Carson. Back Row: C Louisson; A Burges; L Wischnewsky; A Hopwood; E.B Holben; A Clark; A Guy; W.R Kells; D Morris; H.F Gibbons; H.R Cooper; C.R Beattie; D Watson; W.H Boon; T Hocking; J.B Gerrand; J Prentice; F.J Sheppard; B.J Jacobs; W Devines; S.J Watson; R H Eyre; F Hall.

William Park with his first wife, nee Hannah Maria (or Myne) Park. William Park was a stationer with a shop in The Square. He also served as Mayor of Palmerston North from 1893 - 1895.

Looking across the railway at Makino, near Feilding, to William Westcombe Corpe's Butter Factory and the Makino Steam Saw Mills office. W.W. Corpe (1836 - 1923) was one of the pioneers of the dairy industry in the Manawatu. He arrived in the Feilding district about 1881 and was a sawmiller for some years before constructing a butter and cheese factory at Makino, near Feilding. Mr. Corpe was making butter by 1887 and continued in the industry until 1903, when he sold to Joseph Nathan and Co Ltd. of Wellington.

This family is thought to be the Scandinavian family of Daniel Johansen, listed in the Post Office Directories for 1885-6 and 1901-2. Far right, with a horse is Bernt Johansen.

Charles Adams, Daniel Sexton and John Carson were Rifle Volunteers cadets. Their uniforms were navy blue with white braid. This occasion was said to be on a visit to Christchurch, possibly to drill at the Christchurch Exhibition.

The Turitea Dam was built in 1906-1907 and raised in height in 1912. This photograph shows the dam before it was raised. The man is Robert M James, a farmer from Rainui.

The Dittmer brothers helped in the construction of Scotts Road. At the time they were resident on Scotts Road. Mr Herman Dittmer is shown getting onto the dray, William Dittmer is in the centre while Henry Dittmer is to the right.

This photograph shows the railway station that once stood in The Square with a crowd of waiting carriages and carts. From left: The Luncheon room, the railway station itself (platforms were on the other side) and Walkley's Commercial Hotel stands on the right of the photograph

A road through the Gorge, linking Manawatu with Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, was constructed 1871-1872, as seen on the left bank. This photograph looking towards Ashhurst was taken before the construction of the railway on the opposite bank in 1891.

The last carcass being loaded into 'Peck's Hygienic Butchery' van at the Palmerston North abattoir, the week of the abattoir's closing in April 1969. From left: O A Wiley; Jack Peck, butcher; A M Spillman, Manager of abattoir 1917-1950.

This view of Palmerston North is taken from a temporary Post Office tower at the corner of Pitt and Church Streets, which was in place to test to see if a microwave link between Palmerston North and Wellington would work. The street to the left is Main Street and to the right Church Street. The Art Gallery is in the foreground on the left behind the parked cars, while on the right is Commercial Travellers' Club, the Museum behind it and the Grand Hotel on the Corner of The Square and Church Street West. The new Civic Administration Building for the Palmerston North City Council is under construction left of the centre of the photograph.

This photograph shows a bush-feller's hut in an unknown location. The note at bottom left probably reads "1876".

The photograph for this postcard was taken in the first years after the opening of the new Palmerston North Post Office in 1906. It was built on the site of previous one, on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The building was later extended along Main Street, and the tower was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, as it was considered unsafe. The clock and chimes were put into storage until reinstated in a clock tower in The Square, which was completed in 1957. The Post Office building is now used as a restaurant and bar. The back of the postcard reads, "Maoriland Postcard"

An official of the Railway Department inspected each load of sleepers at the Ashhurst Railway Station and 4 shillings and sixpence was paid for each sleeper that was accepted. The photograph was taken a few chains south-west of Opawe Road. The sleepers were cut from Crown Land (part of the Totara Reserve), in bush which had been partly damaged by fire two years prior. The men in this photo are (from left): Sam Lane, George Wagstaff, Ernest Wagstaff (sitting), unknown.