Visible in this postcard are two women and a cart with a donkey on Rangitikei Street, which at the time extended into the Square itself. The shops on Main Street East include: [On the Square] Evening Standard Building, United Farmers Cooperative Association (1895-1908), Solomon Abraham (land agents), A Turner's drapery, [On Church Street] The Club Hotel, J S Watchorn's drapery (until 1908), Bradfield's grocery, Crown Studios (photography). This postcard reads: "Dear Noelle, I think this is a rather good view of Palmerston North, so I am sending it to you. Yr [your] affect. [affectionate] friend, C Stanford."