Group photograph of the Regiment.

Robert Embroiderers were established in Palmerston North in 1876. The adjoining building to the left was Medway printers who obtained there work through word of mouth never having to advertise.

The Duchess of York sits in an open topped car outside the Railway Station, after arriving in Palmerston North as part of the Duke and Duchess of York's New Zealand tour. The duchess became Queen Elizabeth in 1937, and later upon sucession of her daughter was known as the Queen Mother.

Mrs Playford (nee Lorna Monckton) was a pupil of Craven School from 1898 until 1906 (see The Colonial One: Loran Monckton of Newstead, 1975). Mrs Playford supplied the following identifications of the girls in this photograph: Back Row (L to R) Ethel (Gisborne), Annie Dalrymple (Bulls), Nina Riddiford (Marton), Mary Harding (Mount Vernon, Hawkes Bay), Thanna Prices (Hawkes Bay), Heni Woodbine-Johnson (Gisborne niece of Lady Pomare), Dora White (Hawkes Bay). Second Row (L to R) Rita Kebbell (Pahiatua), Violet Russell (Hawks Bay, daughter of Sir William Russell), Ruth Hewitt (Fitzherbert), Connie Dalrymple (Bulls), Belle Robinson (Taikorea – now Mrs Glenn), Lorna Monckton (Featherston now Mrs Playford). Front Row (L to R) Winifred Clarke (Hawkes Bay), May Woodbine-Johnson (Gisborne – sister of Heni), Heta Cargill (Hawkes Bay – niece of Miss Anna Fraser of Craven School), Flora Kebbell, Marjorie Russell (sister of Violet), Laura Harding (Hawkes Bay) .

Mr Mervyn Dearsly, chairman of the Whanganui Education Board, officially opened the new hall in March 1979. The hall, which doubled as a gymnasium, has a marae type appearance with beamed ceiling and tukutuku patterns. The construction cost $160,000.

The Rongotea Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd was founded 1895. A workman stands next to a butter making churn inside the new Rongotea Dairy Factory, built 1911. The photograph was published 20 September 1911

A flood rushes under the footbridge on the Mangahao power project. 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.

The newly completed Fitzherbert Bridge, built 1933 - 1935. It replaced the original bridge across the Manawatu River, to Fitzherbert, built in 1877. This bridge was replaced by a new bridge in 1987.

Mrs Mary Mowlem was wife to Fred Mowlem a commission and estate land agent, in partnership with James Linton in about 1892 and later with James Mowlem. In 1920, Fred was a JP and had retired from Mowlem & Mowlem.

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Mary Mowlem was one of approximately 523 Palmerston North women who signed the Suffrage petition, submitted to Parliament in 1893.

This postcard of the Square shows the South side of the Square, from Church Street West to Main Street West. The buildings, from left, are: the old All Saints Church, The Grand Hotel, The Daily Times, Watchorn's Jewellers, R Hannah Bootmaker, William Park Bookseller, R Leary Chemists, Leary and Dixon ('The Home of Music'), Furness Show Store and the Coles Building (now the PNCC Central Administration Building). There is a a man sitting on one of the park benches enjoying the view of floral displays in the Square.

To help meet the cost of a sports ground a Queen Carnival was held in the district in 1924. The carnival attracted wide support for the functions organised by each of the Queens and their committees. The most successful financially was Miss Rita Saunders' committee, and Rita was crowned Carnival Queen. From left. Back Row: Unknown; Unknown; Frank Edmonds; M C Hornblow; Bill Scott. Middle Row: Unknown; Mavis Liggins; Mona Scott; Rita Saunders; Molly Bower; Miss Lithgo; unknown. Front Row: Miss Bower; Marian Prebble; Duke (?); Nancy Wheeler; Bill Scott (?); Unknown; Lorna Ransom; Unknown; Birdie Wheeler; Unknown.

Mr. W. Greenhow (left) and Dan Thomas at the Manawatu Show.

Back row, from left: J Sullivan, J Cole. Middle row: A Smith, G Watchorn, Dr O'Brien (Association President), A Dalgiell. Front row: A Jervis, M Ineson. For more information on this event, see Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9233, 5 July 1912, Page 6 (available online at paperspast.natlib.govt.nz). For more information on the sporting career for Geoffrey Watchorn, see the Watchorn Collection.

Edmund Osbourne ran this drapery and clothing business in Foxton but by 1912 he is listed as operating from Main Street West, Palmerston North.

Mr William Stills and his wife, Hannah, took up this farm at Peep-o-day on the Kimbolton Road, near Bluff Road, during the 1890s.