The lakelet was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North, standing centre on the bridge, is opening the Lakelet before a crowd. The Lakelet is shaped as a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1909

This plan for the new Palmerston North Post Office was designed by the architect Joshua Charlesworth (1861-1925) for the Public Works Department in 1903. The original plan is held by Archives New Zealand as part of the Public Works Department - Ma...

Creator:      Joshua Charlesworth
Date:          1903

This 18 " sewer was laid on a ferro concrete support as the land was swamp 14 foot deep. Samuel Jickell, also the photographer, was Borough Engineer for the Palmerston North Borough Council 1904-1919.

Creator:      Samuel Jickell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

Looking from the river walk in the Esplanade gardens, to the Fitzherbert Bridge across the Manawatu River, built 1877. The original donated cards are postmarked 1906, with one sent to Miss Kathleen Thompson, Kaueka, Castlemain, Victoria [Australia...

Creator:      A J Stockman
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

Photograph taken the day the ownership of the Evening Standard changed from the Pirani Brothers to N.H. Nash and John Coomber. Back row: D. Sexton, D. Mawhiney, B. Halpin, T. Hastings, G. Bouzett, H.G. Kerslake, B. Tremain. Middle row: F. Newth...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1, 1903

The Ashhurst Bridge over the Manawatu River, was officially opened 9 June 1909. Shown here are workmen (possibly) dismantling the old punt which used to ferry people across the river from 1895 - 1909, after the first bridge was washed away in a f...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1909

The people in this carriage are unidentified.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1900

This bridge spanning the Manawatu River was officially opened 9 June 1909, replacing the original bridge that was swept away in the 1895 flood. Until a new bridge was built a punt was used to ferry people and vehicles across the Manawatu River at ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1909

Looking across the Fitzherbert Bridge from what is now Anzac Park. To the immediate left, across the bridge, is the Victoria Esplanade. From postcard postmarked 1906

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

This was the second Ashhurst Bridge to cross the Manawatu River at the lower end of the Manawatu Gorge. The first was washed away in 1895 and due to disputes its replacement was not opened until 1909.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu River, Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date:          1908 to 1909

The piles being lowered into position during the construction of the second Ashhurst Bridge, which crossed the Manawatu River at the lower end of the Manawatu Gorge. The first was washed away in 1895 and due to disputes its replacement was not ope...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1908

This was the second Ashhurst Bridge to cross the Manawatu River at the lower end of the Manawatu Gorge. The first was washed away in 1895 and due to disputes its replacement was not opened until 1909. It was replaced in 1969 by a concrete structure.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst Bridge, Ashhurst
Date:          circa 1909

Taken on the driveway in front of “Woodhey”, Mr Strang’s residence in Te Awe Awe Street, with the stables (Coach House) behind. The property is now known as Caccia Birch house. J. H. Strang owned the property 1903-1921.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          March 19, 1905

This photograph is taken from the south bank of the Hokowhitu Lagoon which is seen in the foreground. Built for Jacob Nannestad, a sawmiller, the house was bought by John Henderson Pollock Strang in 1903. In 1921 it was sold to William Caccia Birc...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1903

Club football was first played in Foxton in June 1880.

Creator:      R.O. Hornblow, Foxton
Place:          Foxton, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905

The underground pedestrian access can be seen in the foreground.

Creator:      Muir and Moodie
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Three women crossing the bridge over the lakelet in The Square.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Limited was established in 1890, as a farmer's co-operative business. A freezing works has operated continuously on this site since this time.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date:          1900 to 1910

This photograph shows a view of the Square from the corner of Main Street East to Fitzherbert Street (now Fitzherbert Avenue). It shows a few pedestrians enjoying the broad streets of the early Square and the Square Gardens. Five men are working o...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

Looking across The Square to the Grand Hotel, built 1906. To the left can be seen the Occidental Hotel opposite the Bank of New Zealand, on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue. In the foreground can be seen the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe erected i...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

Hand coloured photograph looking from the Grand Hotel corner towards the Chief Post Office. In the foreground can be seen the Lakelet quadrant before the lakelet was constructed in 1909.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

Building, from left: [1] Victoria Buildings - built in 1901, demolished c 1928. [2] Bradfield, "The Cash Grocers" [3] The Crown Studios, Whalley and Co. Photographers [4] W Pegden, furnishing warehouse. Established in 1882 by Simmonds and Pegden a...

Creator:      Martin Alderson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1906

Shown here are the Wellington Provincial District Farmers Union Delegates to conference held in Masterton on the 24th and 25th of May 1904.

Creator:      Winzenbert, Masterton
Place:          Wairarapa Region
Date:          1904

This photograph appears to be of the brick kilns in Featherston Street. These brick kilns were owned by R D Edwards between c 1902 and 1919, before being sold to Brick and Pipes Ltd who built a Hoffman brick kiln on this site.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

The Ballance River bridge at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge was designed by James Fulton and opened by the Premier, Richard John Seddon in 1904. The bridge was built using a double intersection Pratt truss with a small version at the south ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          State Highway 3, Woodville
Date:          circa 1909

C M Ross established his 'Bon Marche' store on the Square in 1883. By this period the business extended through to George Street, although it is unknown if the buildings connected. the building to the left, on the corner of Coleman Place was a boa...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

The mob of horses is evidently being driven to the saleyards which stood in Rangitikei Street between Maire Street and The Square. The buildings behind are those of Palmerston North High School in Featherston Street.

Creator:      J H Perrin
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Peter Gray, a hermit, lived with his cat and numerous dogs in this hut which he built on the banks of the Manawatu River, Hokowhitu.

Creator:      John Perrin (Junior)
Place:          Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 for Martin Craven, to replace the Provincial Hotel which was gutted by fire. Over the years it has been host to visiting diginitaries to Palmerston North, including Royalty in 1927 and 1954. In 1985 the then owner...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of The Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906

Broadway Avenue, originally Broad Street, Palmerston North, was renamed, at the instigation of G H Bennett, bookseller, and other retailers, by Borough Council resolution in March 1926. Note the spire of the old St Patricks Church, Palmerston North

Creator:      Ernest R Whalley
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1907