Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Ave and Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1965

This two story building was erected c1877-1878 on the western corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Street (now Fitzherbert Avenue) and occupied by the Bank of New Zealand until 1901. It was sold to Mr Richard Leary, chemist, of Palmerston North wh...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1901 to August 1901

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition but was not published.

Caption: “Photorama recently had a look behind the scenes at the Transportation department and now shows you some of the things a Traffic Officer doe...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: “Photorama recently had a look behind the scenes at the Transportation department and now shows you some of the things a Traffic Officer do...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

This image was not published in the Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 6 May, 1963. [A group of six men and women stand in the lobby as a man and woman are served at the counter by a bank teller.]"

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          1963-05-06T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th February 1963. "The Bank of New Zealand branch office on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square was wide open on Saturday but no financial deals were being ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29th December 1965 "With the city shops open for the first day after Christmas, this morning's weather did little to help. Blustery winds and rain kept many at home and ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 29, 1965

The annual Student procession or 'Procesh' was held at midday on the Monday of 'Capping Week' and was a highlight of 'Town and Gown' relations between Massey University and the City. Sometimes courting controversy with its 'student humour', the pa...

Creator:      Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 13, 1964

The annual Student procession or 'Procesh' was held at midday on the Monday of 'Capping Week' and was a highlight of 'Town and Gown' relations between Massey University and the City. Sometimes courting controversy with its 'student humour', the pa...

Creator:      Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 13, 1964

The annual Student procession or 'Procesh' was held at midday on the Monday of 'Capping Week' and was a highlight of 'Town and Gown' relations between Massey University and the City. Sometimes courting controversy with its 'student humour', the pa...

Creator:      Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 13, 1964

The annual Student procession or 'Procesh' was held at midday on the Monday of 'Capping Week' and was a highlight of 'Town and Gown' relations between Massey University and the City. Sometimes courting controversy with its 'student humour', the pa...

Creator:      Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          April 13, 1964

A view of the Square in Palmerston North, looking at the Coronation fountain with the MLC building and Goldfinch & Cousins shop in the Colonial Mutual Building are shown behind the trees. The Bank of New Zealand and the Commercial Union high-rise ...

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Cnr. Of Rangitikei Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1975?

The Coronation Memorial Fountain was built in 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII, and also commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Borough of Palmerston North, and the achievement of city status in 1930.

It was originally sited near the...

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1978

This photograph looks from the top of the Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) building westwards towards Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). Roscos Department Store is on the left and next to that is the Union...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1940

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 image shows shoppers in Coleman Mall. It was taken sometime after the $40,000 redevelopment of the street in 1973 but before Collinson and Cunningham was sold to Farmers in 1983.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square from Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date:          1973 to 1983

This photograph was taken from the top of the Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd (T&G) building.

Creator:      F A Tier
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Two cannons, surplus to Defence Department requirements, were acquired by the Council and displayed in The Square from 1909-1939. See Research File A175/72/2 in the Ian Matheson City Archives, City Library for more information. The Lakelet was co...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

This image is from a series taken around 1957 that shows a view of The Square from the top of the Hopwood Clock Tower. This one looks up Rangitikei Street.

Creator:      C H James
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1957

Eight small prints of various locations around Palmerston North contained in a paper envelope that reads, "Real Photographs For Your Snapshot Album - Souvenir of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Published by Woolworths Ltd. Palmerston North".

Creator:      Woolworths Ltd.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930s

These pages look like are originally from an album. The pages show: Broadway Avenue, Cherry Blossoms in the Esplanade, Grandstand in the Showgrounds after the 1936 gale, "Wrecked Motor Shed" after the 1936 gale, The Square and The Lakelet.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1936

This early photograph of the Square shows the view from the corner of Rangitikei Street across to Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue). On the corner of Fitzherbert Street is the second Occidental Hotel (with the distinctive tower), the first of which ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1895

This photograph shows The Square around 1940. Note the railway line running down Main Street.

Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940

Looking across the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square, down towards the Palace Theatre in George Street, directly at the end of Coleman Mall, Palmerston North.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

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

Looking towards Rangitikei Street from the bus stand. The building is the Bank of New Zealand. Photograph taken from approximately the location of the bus station in The Square [2018].

Creator:      A S Pope
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

This photograph shows a parted crowd standing in The Square of Palmerston North, perhaps watching a parade or procession go past. The Final Battle Campaign was one of the fundraising efforts made by New Zealanders to raise money for the soldiers w...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa March 1918 to circa April 1918

From left: The Bank of New Zealand building was erected on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square in 1878. It stood on part of Section 671. In 1902 the building was transported to a site in Church Street West. The building occupied by W D...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1883

The Bank of New Zealand was built on the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square (1914-1915), on the site of the old Royal Hotel.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1915

This photograph shows The Square from Rangitikei Street through to Fitzherbert Avenue. Notice the three rows of railway lines and the absence of high rise office buildings.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1961