A & P show 1955

Place:          Show Grounds, PN
Date:          1955

This bronze sculpture, dating from 1996, is located outside the central branch of the Palmerston North City Library.

Creator:      Heather Glasgow

Date:          March 8, 2017

A four wheeled Phaeton waits outside a cottage.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

These images were taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 September 1970 with the caption, "This monster kiwi, weighing nearly a ton, and made of fibreglass and steel was hoisted to the roof of the PDC. Constantly revolvi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Church Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          September 26, 1970

These images were taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 September 1970 with the caption, "This monster kiwi, weighing nearly a ton, and made of fibreglass and steel was hoisted to the roof of the PDC. Constantly revolvi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 26, 1970

These images were taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 September 1970 with the caption, "This monster kiwi, weighing nearly a ton, and made of fibreglass and steel was hoisted to the roof of the PDC. Constantly revolvi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 26, 1970

A sculpture of an elephant made from corrugated iron located outside of Te Manawa museum.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

A sculpture of a rhinoceros made from corrugated iron located outside of Te Manawa museum.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

"Burnzie", 2ZA radio personality, sitting on a bull in a china shop.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1990s

The lakelet in this photograph was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North, opened the lakelet on 27 October 1909. The Lakelet is shaped as a butterfly, ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1913 to 1914

The original negative of this photograph is entitled ‘Mullin’s horse, Longburn’. An W R Mullins is listed as a farmer in Palmerston North rural in the 1950s (Wises Directory)

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1945

Agnes George and her daughter, Mavis, with their dog Rex. The George family were long time residents of the house they had built at 56 Linton Street, Palmerston North. Agnes was married to Wilberforce Alfred George, a clothier on The Square.

Creator:      Barbara and Stuart Ingram
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 1935

Basil Stephens on his father, Henry Stephens, prize winning horse “Dolly”, with Mr H Robertson holding the reins. This photograph was taken around the Stephens' homestead at Apiti as Mr H Robertson was a resident of Apiti at the time. Henry Steph...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

This photograph of Joe Marston (left) and George Fitzgerald was probably taken before Joe went off to serve overseas in World War I, in 1915. George also went to war in 1916, and was said to have come back a 'ruined man'.

In this photograph ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding
Date:          circa 1915

This photograph of cows is included with a photograph captioned "John Roots and his Dog, Kawhatau". John Roots, an early settler, was known to have a farm at Upper Kawhatau, ten miles from Rangiwahia in the Ruahine Ranges. It was an isolated area ...

Creator:      Unknown

Date:          1890s

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:          1950s

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:          1950s

This booklet of Palmerston North views includes All Saints Church, The Square, Massey Agricultural College, Boys High School, Girls High School and Rangitikei Street. It was printed by Dawson Printing Company Ltd, Auckland.

Creator:      Dawson Printing Company Ltd

Date:          circa 1945

Peter Pedersen was also know as Peter Hund (after his love of dogs) or Peter Everyday (to mark his always turning up to work no matter what the weather), to avoid confusion with the many other Pedersens who were resident there. This studio photogr...

Creator:      Charles Mariboe
Place:          Tararua District
Date:          circa 1880

The SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) garden party was to raise funds for the organisation. This one was held at the home of the President, Mr W Jacques, at 447 Albert Street, Palmerston.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          447 Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1946?

This photograph comes from a small bound photograph album found in the Slack and Hewett Families archive. This albums contains informal photographs, mostly of the Hewett family. They lived on Long Melford Road, Awapuni at a homestead called "Waita...

Creator:      Hewett Family
Place:          Awapuni
Date:          1900 to 1910

Massey Agricultural College was opened in 1928. This postcard shows a cattle demonstration.

Creator:      Unknown

Date:          circa 1945

Charles Monro (1851-1933) is known as the founder of rugby in New Zealand, and was a businessman in Palmerston North. He built 'Craiglockhart' 1889-1890, on Riverbank Road, Fitzherbert West where he lived with his wife, the former Helena MacDonald...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1898