New Zealand Army trucks, Linton Army Camp
Linton Army Camp purchased these 18 ton Mack dump trucks in 1979. They were attached to the Fire Support Squadron at Linton Army Camp, replacing 5 ton Internati...
Watchorn & McNaught's Hardware Co., Ltd, The Square
The business, located at 162-163 The Square (between Rangitikei Street and Broadway Avenue), was founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, but was soon taken ov...
Construction Layout - Mangahao Electric Power Scheme
A hand-drawn map showing the construction layout of the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated ...
Pipe Band and Marching Girls, Palmerston North 75th jubilee
In 1952 Palmerston North celebrated 75 years since being proclaimed a Borough. Heading the procession down Cuba Street is four marching drum “Majorettes”. Direc...
Friends Meet on Broad Street
This shot of Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) looks toward The Square. It must have been taken before 1929 because of the presence of both the Post Office Hot...
Civic Administration building interior, The Square
The reception area of the Palmerston North Mayor's office, on the first floor of the new Civic Administration building. The building was constructed over 1976-1...
Bruce Watt at Palmerston North Rod, Rifle and Gun Club
This photograph shows Bruce Watt posing at the Palmerston North Rod, Rifle and Gun Club with the weapons used in their shooting decathlon. The weapons are: hunt...
Unloading a Circus Elephant, Main Street Railway Station
Andre Zentveld, on left, helps to unload a Wirth's Circus elephant at the Railway Station in Main Street. Wirth's Circus, an Australian company, regularly toure...
Palmerston North Boys' High School
This photograph shows the main entrance to Palmerston North Boys' High School in Featherston Street in the late 1930s. The school opened in 1902. The original s...
'Woodhey', Te Awe Awe Street
Built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, the house was bought by John Henderson Pollock Strang in 1903 and extensively renovated and extended. During 1908-1910 t...
Hand-tinted postcard of the Square
Looking across the Square to Church Street East and Fitzherbert Avenue. The railway line is visible over the tops of the trees. The buildings are: [1] The Club ...
View of Ferns, Victoria Esplanade
This postcard's original title reads, "A pretty fern patch in the Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North, New Zealand. F117".
R T Betty, Bootmaker, Foxton
Richard T Betty is listed in Wise's Directory as owning a Bootmaking business in Foxton.
Methodist Church gathering
A Methodist Church picnic gathering thought to be held on the banks of the Manawatu River.