This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 June, 1963. "A half-inch wire rope attached to a bulldozer strained as it held 16 tons of prefabricated house at Kaihinau Road, north of Shannon. The house stopped ju...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Kaihinau Road, Shannon
Date:          1963-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

An engineering display was held at Linton Camp for Army Officers, to show the engineering capabilities of the New Zealand Army.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          Linton Miliary Camp, Palmerston North
Date:          June 18, 1975

This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 30 October 1961 with the caption: "Lombard Street will soon be less congested. City Council employees, aided by heavy machinery, are tearing up the grass verge and at the same time adding an ex...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 30, 1961

Shown here is the demolition of the former Public Library. This building, served as the fourth Palmerston North library from 1929-1965. In 1965 the Public Library moved to a new building on the corner of The Square and Main Street. The site then ...

Creator:      Doreen J Scott Photography
Place:          Corner Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          May 18, 1975