Postcard of the band rotunda that was in The Square of Palmerston North. Beyond can be seen the Chief Post Office on the corner of Main Street.

The Manawatu Art Gallery in Main Street West, Palmerston North was officially opened on 3 July 1977, by Mr Highet the then Minister of Arts. The building was designed by David Taylor and built at a cost $410,000. It replaced the former gallery on the corner of Grey and Carroll Streets, set up in 1959.

This photograph shows Mr William Hurst's Federal Knight Truck stuck on the bed of the Oroua River. Mr Hurst used to fit his truck with seats and canopy and taken groups to picnics and to Palmerston North for special occasions.

This photograph shows people enjoying a game of bowls at Northern Bowling, Tennis and Croquet Club. The Northern Bowling Club Palmerston North is an outdoor Lawn Bowls Club located in North Street Palmerston North.

Mike Barnes 1900 Jefferies’ traction engine took part in the centennial celebrations, marking 100 years of Palmerston North. It was driven from Marton to the steam museum in Tokomaru, a journey taking six hours to complete.

The Rest Home opened 1914-1915 as an 'Old Men's Home', under the control of the Palmerston North Hospital Board. It soon became known as the Old People's Home, and then Awapuni Hospital. It closed as a hospital in December 1989, because of falling patient numbers, its distance from the Public Hospital and its earthquake prone buildings. It is now the home of Te Hotu Manawa o Rangitāne ki Manawatu Marae.

This view of the Esplanade has been taken looking east towards the Manawatu River.In 1887, the newly formed Borough Council of Palmerston North was granted 361 acres of ground between Park Road and the Manawatu River by the Government. In 1891, the Palmerston North Reserves Act divided this into four parts including 39 acres along the river bank as an esplanade. The Victoria Esplanade was opened in 1897, the same year as Queen Victoria's 60 year on the throne.

Taken at the official opening of the Northern Building Society's new building in The Square. At far right is Malcolm Monro, Manager.

The subject of this photograph is Venona McNichol (d. 02 December 1997). This bakery, believed to be one of the oldest at the time in the Manawatu, used to serve rural areas as far south as Feilding and Ashhurst.

The staff of the water works are shown taking a break from connecting the water main to the new bridge. Left to right: Tom Sexton, Jon McLaughlin, Roy Kersel, Malcolm Groom (an employee of Taylor and Andrew's Engineering), Harry Mills, Ray Leslie, Dave Tombleson, Sam Stevens, George Nichols (Council painter and was Field Marshall Tiny Freyberg's tank driver in WWII), and Andy Kelt (26 years service with the PNCC at time of photograph).

Palmerston North Intermediate Normal was opened 5 Feb 1941. It was one of the earlier intermediate schools established in New Zealand, whereby it took the pupils of the last two years of primary school, to better prepare them for secondary school. The children are shown in a Physical Education class.

This photograph looks westward. A goods train is passing through on the right.

The factory, established in 1900 by McMillan and Frederick, was taken over by Dalgety and Co. Ltd. who then sold to the newly formed Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd in 1909. The Shannon Co-op ran the factory until 1929, when a new building was constructed.

Sixteen members of the Palmerston North Rifles with a dog. The Palmerston North Mounted Rifles were formed in 1891.

Horse and carts bring hay to a threshing machine powered by a traction engine on Dar's farm, Taipo Road, Rongotea.

This postcard is of The Square - Main Street is shown running through the middle of the image. Prominent features of this postcard are the band rotunda and the old Post Office. The original, smaller, structure was built 1899 and moved to the Victoria Esplanade in 1907. This rotunda was built in 1907, but pulled down in 1956 to make way for the Hopwood Tower. The old Post Office (corner of Main Street East and The Square, now Highflyers Restaurant & Bar) was built in 1906 and was Palmerston North’s fourth, replacing the wooden structure that sat on the same site. This postcard is decorated with the words, "Greetings from Palmerston North".

Thought to be the Orpheus Society.

Back row: William Wilby (2nd from right)

The first Mauriceville West School was a tiny slab building constructed by the Scandinavian settlers in 1875, on the Education reserve at the centre of the town. It was replaced in 1877 by a small pit-sawn timber school house and in 1886 by the two-roomed structure shown here, which was used at least until the 1950's. The headmaster shown here is probably Johnson. School attendance was never good at Mauriceville in its early days, when the syllabus was primarily concerned with anglicising the young Scandinavians.

The original photograph is entitled 'Mangahao pipeline foundation tests'. An effective method of testing to see foundations were built according to specifications of the time. 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 being delayed by WWI, construction began in late 1919 and the station opened in November 1924.

A steam train crosses a rail bridge in the Gorge. The railway line through the Gorge was opened in 1891 and is part of the Palmerston North to Gisborne line.

Taken outside the 'Matsubara' homestead, residence of the Aldrich family near Bunnythorpe. The pony is “Kitty” and the younger girl is probably Kath, later Mrs Paterson of Dunedin.

This stretch of track is thought to be in Otaki.

Borough Council employees at the Palmerston North Railway Station, on the occasion of a picnic trip to Plimmerton, Wellington. From left: J.R. Hughes; G Lissington; Unknown; A.M. Spilman; G.S. Leeder; E. Persson; H. Bowen; Wroblinski; E.V. West; N. Rush; R Jordan; Unknown x 4; E. Ward; D McDonwell.

Thought to be the Orpheus Society.

Back row: William Wilby (5th from left); Mr Gady (extreme right)

Front row: Mr Bewley, Conductor (5th from left)

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Thought to be the Orpheus Society.

Middle row: Matt Eady (3rd from right)

Front row: Mr Bewley, Conductor (5th from left); William Wilby (6th from left

Postcard if W J Horn general store, between the Grand Hotel and the corner of Main Street. William Wilby worked for Mr Horn and may be the man in apron depicted.