The Victoria Esplanade gardens were opened in 1897. The phoenix palms were first planted along Victoria Drive in the late 1930s, although many of them have since been replaced.
Creator: Massey University
Place: Palm Drive, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2000
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry or his son Frank. It depicts people in a bush setting. Other images that may have been taken on the same day include 2023G_2023-25_041716 and 2023G_2023-25_0...
Creator: Berry Family
Date: 1918 to 1922
Finale event in the Victoria Esplanade for children who had completed the programme. The Summer Reading programme gets kids to come in to the one of the Palmerston North libraries to report about books they had read.
Creator:
Date: January 21, 2016
This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry and may depict elder brother Edwin John Horace Berry in the front passenger seat of a Model T Ford c.1917.
Creator: Berry Family
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1916 to 1918
The Seafarers-Mandarin Restaurant was located at 217 – 223 Cuba Street in Palmerston North. In September 1981, Wai Holdings, owner of the restaurant, sold it to Arnold and Jenny Jarden. Currently this site is being renovated to become Focal Point,...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 217-223 Cuba Street,Palmerston North
Date: September 26, 1981
This photograph shows the shops to the immediate north of the Post Office. From left: the Kosy Theatre (rebuilt as the Vogue Theatre in 1943) exhibiting Mae West's movie "The Belle of the Nineties"; Aard Tours Ltd; Miss Rae's Hosiery and Gloves (M...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1934 to circa 1938
Argosy Studio (Argos 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: Broadway, Palmerston North
Date: 1958
Argosy Studio (Argos 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: Broadway, Palmerston North
Date: 1958
The Municipal Opera House of Palmerston North, designed by F J Wilson and built by J Trevor and Sons, was erected in 1904-1905 and opened 12 July 1905. It originally had a much more ornate external appearance but in 1952 it was condemned unsafe by...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1976
These images are part of the Frank Goldingham collection and were possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. They may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Broadway and Victoria Avenue corner, Palmerston North
Date: 1960
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
"The Bainesse School reecntly [sic] celebrated their jubilee with a cabaret, roll call, church service and parade of floats. Three hun...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Bainesse
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
"After a steady downpour for several hours during a dinner break early this month stormwater drains were blocked in many parts of the ...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
"After a steady downpour for several hours during a dinner break early this month stormwater drains were blocked in many part...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
"After a steady downpour for several hours during a dinner break early this month stormwater drains were blocked in many part...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
"After a steady downpour for several hours during a dinner break early this month stormwater drains were blocked in many parts of the ...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1963
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: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
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: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
John Jarvie Gillies was an early taxi driver in Palmerston North. His wife, Elizabeth, operated a boarding house at 22 Andrew Young Street directly opposite Fearnley Private Hotel. Here he is shown with an unidentified group of people in front of ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1932
Supporters of the Palmerston North High School Old Boys football team arriving for game, at the Palmerston North Showgrounds. Also see 2011G_ELMAR-2-B3_005155
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: 61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
Stan Holmes with new car and Carnarvon School in the background.
Stan Holmes was Headmaster of Carnarvon School from 1955-1961. He was a keen photographer and these are his photos taken during those years.
Creator: Stan Holmes
Place: Carnarvon School
Date: 1955 to 1961
Possibly taken at the air pageant which marked the official opening of the aerodrome on December 5 1931.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1930s
This business was located on Rangitikei Street.This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: November 1967
The Te Hapua to Wellington Youth March moving down Rangitikei Street towards The Square. The youth marchers were advocating better education, more jobs and political representation for youth. The marchers got their petition signed by the public ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 3, 1981
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Near corner of Church and West Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 24 1979 with the caption, "Tenants are now moving into seven newly completed Housing Corporation cluster houses near the Church Street-West Street corner. The E...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Church Street and West Street, Palmerston North
Date: December 1979
The Floral Festival was a weeklong series of events organised by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation between the 17th and 22nd of February 1958. The events were well attended, and many businesses got into the spirit of the occasion ...
Creator: Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 22, 1958