Papaiōea Park is used as a football and cricket ground by the lower club grades. It is walled on the Featherston Street and Ruahine Street boundary, which makes an unusual feature. This dates to 1920 when the Palmerston North Borough Council decided to reserve land for a park. They chose the name Papaiōea to commemorate the original settlement in the area.

The structure on the right is the pavilion.

The Queen and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North on Saturday February 26th, 1977. In this photograph, the Queen is shown talking to elderly residents, escorted by Mayor Black and other dignitaries.

An engineering display was held at Linton Camp for Army Officers, to show the engineering capabilities of the New Zealand Army.

This horse-drawn wagon loaded with wool bales is thought to have been from G. Young’s farm at Awahuri.

The plane on the right is the same as that in 2014N_Av42_009527. Milson Airport was established in 1936, on the site of the Palmerston North Aero Club.

A painter puts the finishing touches to the new hostel before 130 boys move in. The hostel took 2 years to build and cost about $1 million.

The house was constructed by Jacob Nannestad c1892 and sold to John Strang in 1903. In 1921 the Strang's sold the property to W.C. Caccia Birch. It remained in the Caccia Birch family until gifted to the Government in 1941. After various uses it was eventually given to the Palmerston North City Council. It is now called Caccia Birch and serves as a function centre.

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. This photograph shows teachers and staff entering the school.

The Palmerston North Ambulance Division attending the opening of Milson Airport. The Ambulance Division was registered in Palmerston North 7 October 1931.

The 1960s saw the introduction of paper bags which were provided for householder's refuse collection. "Previously residents put out their own metal rubbish bins for collection and emptying by The Council. 'Safer, quicker and more hygienic bags' was the verdict on this innovation..." (Council and Community, 2002, Ian Matheson")

A group of representatives seated for a formal photograph outdoors.

This colour postcard looks across The Square towards Main Street East. The two-storey building with a tower is the old Post Office. Built in 1906, the Post Office was Palmerston North’s fourth. Due to the risks in an earthquake, the clock tower was removed in 1942. They were re-purposed for the Hopwood Clock Tower. In 1988, when Telecom and Postbank became separate entities, the building ceased to be the Post Office. The rotunda centre left of the postcard is the original structure - it was built in 1899 and moved to the Victoria Esplanade in 1907 to make way for a larger rotunda. The second rotunda was demolished in 1956 to make way for the Hopwood Clock Tower. Behind the rotunda is the train line that ran through the Square until after the Milson Deviation was completed in 1959. In 1964 the last passenger train ran through the Square and the tracks were removed. The spire on the far right is that of the Catholic Church, situated in Broad Street.

This composite panorama was published in the Auckland Weekly News on 23 June 1904. The realism of the panorama is marred by the presence of the same children on both sides of the frame.

This stretch of track is thought to be in Otaki.

People on the riverbank and swimming. Unidentified but possibly Manawatū River near the Ballance Bridge.

Shown here is the Mauriceville West Dairy Factory, with several groups of farmers waiting to unload their deliveries.

A view from above the dam workings showing the workmen's huts.

A road was constructed through the Gorge, linking Manawatu with Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, in 1871-1872, and a railway line was opened in 1891.

The factory, established in 1900 by McMillan and Frederick, was taken over by Dalgety and Co. Ltd. and 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.

This traction engine was owned by Mr John Matthews and is seen cutting timber on his farm, "Burnam", on Stewart's Line, Mt Stewart. The engine is being driven by Hector Matthews, a son of John. The timber was macrocarpa and was used for making gates, fences and sheep yards on the farm.

Mr Hurst used to fit his truck with seats and canopy and taken groups like this one to picnics and to Palmerston North for special occasions.