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Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

On December 24 1953, the five members of the Nicholls family died at Tangiwai Bridge in New Zealand's worst rail disaster.   This plaque commemorates the three sons that died.  It is situated in "Scouts and Guides Corner" of All ...

Creator:      Leanne Hickman
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 2018

This panorama shows all four quadrants of The Square and the central gardens running along the railway line. It looks west to the surrounding buildings - from the Fitzherbert Street corner around to Main Street West, to just beyond the Rangitikei ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Scout and Guide Corner of All Saints Church. It features a plaque and lamp commemorating the three children of the Nicholls family killed at Tangiwai Bridge on 24 December 1953. 

The entire Nicholls family perished in the Tangiwai d...

Creator:      Leanne Hickman
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 2018

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

This postcard is inscribed, "To Mum with Happy Birthday. Greeting, your loving son Lancelot 8 of 7 of 1931" [8/7/1931]. It depicts one of the two Cannons that once graced The Square after being installed in 1909. This one is in the quadrant near t...

Creator:      Tanner Brothers
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930 to circa 1939