Image depicts the end of Hodgens place as it enters Savage Crescent.
This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 t...
Creator: D. Evans
Place: Hodgens Place, Palmerston North
Date: 196X/197X
This fountain was located in the western quadrant of The Square - this photograph shows it before the Coronation monument for Edward VII was shifted to sit within the fountain in 1925. The spire on the far left is that of the Catholic Church, then...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
Lyndhurst Street was a Mr Frederick Bryant subdivision. His wife, Mrs Mary Ann Bryant, was born near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, and the Bryant family moved there in 1899. This road is named after the st...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
The street was named for Mr Frederick Bryant, an early butcher and landowner in Palmerston North. He owned the land on which the original Bryant Street was formed. The street was extended in 1925, and <a href="...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
The image is a derivative of this City of Palmerston North District Planning Map from 19...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
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 taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 November 1958: "Mr. W.J. Coulter, the senior inspector at the Longburn freezing works, is seen watching a member of the staff skin one of the show lambs prior to the ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date: November 12, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 10 November, 1959. “A judge of many such meat displays, Mr H. Williamson, of Hawke’s Bay, a New Zealand Meat Board grader, scrutinises the Royal Show lambs as they pass ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1959-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
This photograph shows a view of Church Street East and the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue after rain has fallen. The large stone building on the left is the Bank of New Zealand, first built in 1878. This brick building was constructed in 1902 and re...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1902
The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longburn Freezing Works. It closed in 1986.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1940s
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
The Palmerston North Borough Council operated the abattoir, in Maxwell's Line, Palmerston North, 1916-1951. Workmen and a dog pose outside the abattoir works, when Mr Spillman was the Manager. The works closed for killing in April 1969.
People i...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Maxwell's Line, Palmerston North
Date: 1923