This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Edwin Daniel Berry, or his son Frank.

In the centre of the image is one of two cannons installed in the Square as surplus from the defence department in 1909. Both were remove...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1910s

The H L Young building was constructed in Palmerston North in 1920. Parked outside is Henry Young’s Studebaker, one of the first in the Manawatu. On the left is the Post Office Hotel, which was seriously damaged by fire c1926. It was demolished i...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

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