Japan surrendered to the allies of World War II on 15 August 1945. Immediately schools and businesses in Palmerston North were closed and celebrations, many informal, began. A thanksgiving service was held that afternoon, followed by a victory par...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          August 16, 1945

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954, staying overnight at the Grand Hotel. The city was decorated with lights to welcome them. This negative was copied from a series of slides take...

Creator:      C H James
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1954

Japan surrendered to the allies of World War II on 15 August. Immediately schools and businesses in Palmerston North were closed and celebrations, many informal, began. A thanksgiving service was held that afternoon, followed by a victory parade t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 16, 1945

Japan surrendered to the allies of World War II on 15 August. Immediately schools and businesses in Palmerston North were closed and celebrations, many informal, began. A thanksgiving service was held that afternoon, followed by a victory parade ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          August 16, 1945

Japan surrendered to the allies of World War II on 15 August. Immediately schools and businesses in Palmerston North were closed and celebrations, many informal, began. A thanksgiving service was held that afternoon, followed by a victory parade ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          August 16, 1945

This small photograph album belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "View PN from Ross's Building". This photograph was shot from the top of Rosco's Department Store, now the City Library and Community Ser...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1928

Shows the recently constructed T & G building.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1937 to 1939

The Bank of Australasia building no longer exists. The ANZ Bank is currently on this site (2009).

Creator:      Evening Post, Wellington
Place:          Corner of the Square and Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

This photograph shows the intersection between Rangitikei Street and The Square. Beyond that is the intersection between Broadway Avenue and The Square. The building with a clock tower on the far right is the Australasian Temperance and General Mu...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1950

This photograph looks out over The Square towards the old Post Office. The small structure behind the line of carts and carriages is a taxi stand. The street that bisects the photograph horizontally is Rangitikei Street, which used to run in to Th...

Creator:      John Halford Perrin
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          unknown date to 1908

Probably taken from the C M Ross department store, looking down one side of The Square, past Rangitikei Street corner, to Broadway. The larger whitish building near centre is the former Bank of New Zealand. the other tall whiteish building at righ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The photograph looks from the corner of Rangitikei Street down along Broadway. The building on the left is the former Bank of New Zealand building which was demolished for a new BNZ. The building with a clock tower is the Australasian Temperance a...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

Built in 1906, the Post Office on the corner of The Square and Main Street was Palmerston North’s fourth. It was built on the same site as its predecessor, which operated out of a small wooden building. In 1988, when Telecom and Postbank...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1915 to 1918

The building with a clock tower on the far left is the Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) building in Palmerston North. It was designed by A and K Henderson in the distinctive 'house' style developed by the...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963

This postcard shows the corner of Broad Street (left-hand side), now Broadway Avenue, and The Square (right-hand side) around 1910. One of the balconies of the old Royal Hotel can be seen on the left-hand side of the image.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph looks across The Square and down Broadway Avenue, probably from the top floor of Roscos Department Store. The Bank of New Zealand on the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square. The Bank of Australasia is on the corner of The Sq...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

This postcard shows Broad Street, now Broadway Avenue.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1910s

This early colour postcard depicts four carriages making their way through The Square. The building with the clock tower to the right of the postcard is Palmerston North's fourth post office. Though the tower and clock mechanism were removed after...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905 to 1906

A postcard looking from the corner of Rangitikei Street to the Post Office on the corner of Main Street East.

Creator:      Crown Studios-Whalley, Co.
Date:          1904