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
This postcard shows the King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument. It was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it was combined with another feature of The Square, the concrete fish ...
Creator: F T Series
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
This photograph is part of a composite panorama of the Square, photographed from the Commercial Hotel, on the corner of Main Street and The Square, on a rainy day. In the foreground is the fountain garden and the gentleman's toilet. On the far lef...
Creator: L Martin
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This postcard shows The Square as it was around 1915. Note the spire of the old St Patricks Church, Palmerston North to the right of of General Post Office.
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: circa 1915
This postcard from the early 1900s shows the Post Office (build 1905-1906, far right) with the statue of Te Peeti Te Awe Awe in front. Te Peeti Te Awe Awe (c1820-1884), a chief of the Rangitāne tribe, was involved with negotiations and the sale of...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1907 to 1918
The photographer appears to be standing on the balcony of the Commercial Hotel and is looking across the Square gardens towards Rangitikei Street. The Clarendon Hotel (far left) stands on the western corner white the large wooden Royal Hotel stand...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This view of The Square was probably taken from the top of the Grand Hotel. Some of the visible landmarks are The Lakelet, the cannons, the band rotunda, the observatory and the Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1911 to 1918
The Chief Post Office was built on the corner of Main Street west in 1905-1906. Behind, on Main Street west, can be seen the old wooden Post Office that was moved back to this site to allow the new Post Office to be built on The Square. Later the ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This postcard is of The Square - Main Street is shown running through the middle of the image. Prominent features of this postcard are the band rotunda and the old Post Office. The original, smaller, structure was built 1899 and moved to the Victo...
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1909
This photograph looks down Broadway (formerly Broad Street), towards The Square. Many pedestrians, cyclists and motorists can be seen looking at the fire engine on the right hand side. Its ladder is clearly visible and a fire hose can be seen on t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
This postcard shows The Square in the early 1900s with Main Street running off at centre top. During this time the railway ran down the centre of Main Street and through the centre of The Square, as seen behind the band rotunda. Prominent features...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907
This postcard of the Band Rotunda in The Square was possibly taken to mark the opening of the Post Office (corner of Main Street East and The Square). Note the flags and crowds of people. The Band Rotunda featured here was the first of two built i...
Creator: Muir and Moodie
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1906?
The Post Office, which was Palmerston North's fourth, is under construction here, dating the postcard to around 1905-1906. The Band Rotunda featured here was the first of two built in The Square. Constructed in 1899, this incarnation was shifted t...
Creator: G H Bennett and Co.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905 to circa 1906
This colour postcard looks across The Square towards Main Street East. The two-storey building with a tower is the old Post Office. Built in 1906, the Post Office was Palmerston North’s fourth. Due to the risks in an earthquake, the clock tower wa...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1906 to 1909
A "posting album" containing post cards of some Palmerston North scenes, including the Post Office, The Square, the Hospital and the Railway Station. It includes a handwritten note that reads, "With lots of love, Mal [or Mae]".
Creator: Harding & Billing, Ltd., Sydney
Date: 1909
A boy stands by the Band Rotunda, with the newly constructed Post Office, on the corner of Main Street, behind. This first Band Rotunda was built in The Square in 1899. It was shifted to The Esplanade in 1907, and replaced by another, which was de...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Date: 1909
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
This stereoscopic image was taken in the first years after the opening of the new Palmerston North Post Office in 1906. It was built on the site of previous one, on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The building was later extended along Ma...
Creator: A W Schaef
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907 to circa 1908
A postcard of the newly built Chief Post Office on the corner of The Square and Main Street East. Built in 1906, the Post Office on the corner of The Square and Main Street was Palmerston North’s fourth, and replaced a small wooden building on the...
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1906 to circa 1910