This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Intersection of Broadway and Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 1960
This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Intersection of Broadway and Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 1960
This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Intersection of Broadway and Princess Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 1960
This photograph is taken from the Post Office Clock Tower and looks west across the Square to Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). [1] The Bon Marche Store owned by CM Ross (on the present City Library Site). The Tea Rooms were opened in 1905 in the ...
Creator: Charles Allen
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1910 to 1912
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of the Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
On Wednesday a 'Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages' paraded around The Square. This Landau or Brougham “Luxury Taxi” of the past was used for important occasions such as weddings.
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 19, 1952
There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. On Wednesday a 'Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages' paraded around The Square. Pictured is an old Cobb and Co. coach which was once in service betw...
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 19, 1952
There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. On Wednesday a 'Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages' paraded around The Square. This Hansom cab, complete with top-hatted driver and bridal couple, ...
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 19, 1952
There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. On Wednesday a 'Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages' paraded around The Square. This 'Gig' was part of the horse-drawn display.
Creator: Bruce Watt
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 19, 1952
It is thought the people in the carriage are Sir Willoughby and Lady Norrie. Sir Willoughby was the eighth Governor General of New Zealand, serving from December 1952 to July 1957.
Creator: Regal Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1952 to circa 1957
A Methodist church group on Broad Street setting off for a picnic in horse drawn carriages.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broad Street (Broadway Avenue), Palmerston North
Date: 1890
View of the Railway Station in Main Street, looking east. Taken after 1906 as the Grand Hotel is in the background, but before 1914 as the old wooden All Saint's Church steeple is present.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1913
Crowds wait for a passenger train at the Main Street Railway Station. The Main Street Station served Palmerston North from 1890 - 1963, when it moved to Tremaine Avenue.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
The second All Saints Church was built in 1882, to replace the first church on the site built in 1875. It was in turn replaced by a larger brick building in 1914, and moved further back on the section to serve as a Church Hall. The building was b...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1910
The Bank of Australasia, now the ANZ Bank, can be seen at the corner of the Square and Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue). The jewellers Gerrand is next to it, occupying part of the ground floor of the same building. J B Gerrand and Sons Ltd moved...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
The photographer is standing on the corner of Queen Street, looking towards Cuba Street and The Square. On the left of the photograph can be seen the two-storey, brick building occupied by Dawick's Buffet, now the Royal Tavern. On the corner of K...
Creator: John Halford Perrin
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1905
The caption from the book this print was copied from reads, "Two pictures of the old railway station before its removal from the centre of The Square / The top picture shows the back of the station and the arrival of the Woodville Coach, the drive...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1885
The Open Day on March 5, 1978 was a joint effort by the Caccia Birch Preservation Society and the local Jaycees, to gauge public opinion on the property’s future. A restored park-phaeton buggy took pride of place on the Open Day. The house was bui...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: March 6, 1978
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of The Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
The Te Peeti Te Awe Awe Statue, designed by Harold Anderson was commissioned in 1905 by Te Peeti's younger sister, Ereni Te Awe Awe (Mrs Kerei Te Panau). It was made of white Carrara marble and was unveiled 29 January 1907 by Hon. James Carroll, N...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907
Passengers arriving and departing the Palmerston North Railway Station.
Creator: G H Bennett and Co.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907 to circa 1908
This postcard shows the Manawatu Tea Room, which opened in 1905, the Clarendon Hotel and the old cannon placed in the Square by the City Council in 1909. The view is from the middle of the square (perhaps from the second band rotunda), looking tow...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
This photograph shows a bustling street scene on Main Street West. The advertisement for the Convent Carnival dates this to sometime in 1905 - the carnival itself took place in early November. A crowd has gathered outside Childs Commercial Hotel a...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1905
Ashhurst is a small rural town at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Ashhurst
Date: circa 1907 to circa 1910
This photograph shows the businesses on Rangitikei Street, looking towards The Square. The visible corner is the intersection of Rangitikei Street and King Street. The visible businesses are, from left: The New Royal Hotel; Adam Burges', agricultu...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1920 to 1923
Taken before 1927, as the tower of the Occidental Hotel is still visible next to the All Saints Church spire. The Grand Hotel is visible on the right of the photograph.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of The Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
This photograph can be identified as having been taken before 1903 because NZ Loan and Mercantile building is not present. A and P Building is on the corner of Cuba Street. After 1894, fire destroyed the corner buildings (including Bett's), This p...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1902
This early postcard shows four carriages stopped in The Square. From left: the side of the Bank of Australasia; W Reed Butcher; Red Bird Cycle Engineers; E Gascoigne: Grocer, Baker, Caterer; Dresden Piano Company, W Bennett Stationery; Christopher...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904