The celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Palmerston North, a programme of events was held from 15 to 22 March 1952. This included a parade around The Square of "Cavalcade of Transport Through the Ages," on the afternoon on Wednesday 19 March. In this...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1952
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 07 June 1958, page 15: "These nurses who sat their State final examination last week enjoyed a dinner at the Commercial Hotel on Thursday night, after which they proceed...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 7, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 April 1961 "How many times can ten men push an iron bedstead around the Square in 16 hours. When photographed yesterday the students announced they were on their 91st...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 1961
The view looking down Main Street towards the west, once the Railway line had been relocated to Tremaine Avenue. Coles building can be seen on one corner with the Commercial Hotel on the other. This site will become the location of the Palmerston ...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. The Municipal Chambers building is on the far left, next to All Saints' Church on Church Street.
Opposite the church is the Grand Hotel. Coles Henry & Co, a music and radio shop is on the next corner, ...
Creator: Terry Finnerty
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1958
The bus station was attached to the rear of the Ladies Rest Room, on the western side of the The Square.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940
The wagon display is for Millar and Giorgi, menswear shop (established 1902), and is halted outside the Club Hotel in Church Street. David (Davey) Lloyd, standing by horse, was the last of Palmerston North’s horse-drawn carters, operating until th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1927
C M Ross was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. The premises on The Square show sale notices prominently displayed.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920
The building with four chimneys and the smaller building to its right appear to have been added after 1885, based on photographs of this location taken earlier than that date.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1885 to circa 1889
This photograph must have been taken between 1896 and 1900, as the Evening Standard building (Daily Times) was destroyed by a fire in that year.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1898
The third incarnation of the Commercial Hotel was built 1935 at the corner of Main Street and The Square. It was demolished in 1986.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Corner of Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1980s
People standing on the bridge of the Lakelet, constructed in the south-west quadrant of The Square in 1909. Beyond can be seen Child's Commercial Hotel on the corner of Main Street.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This photograph shows the view down Main Street West, along the railway line that once ran through The Square. It was probably taken from the top of the Hopwood Clock Tower (completed in 1957). A railway service between Wellington and Palmerston N...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1956
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
E mahi ana ēnei tāne i runga i te rerewē e whiti ana i te Marae o Hine ki Papaiōea. Railway workers working on the railway line through The Square.
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1889
This photograph was taken from the top o f the MLC Insurance Building around 1963.
Creator: C K Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1963
This photograph shows the stretch of The Square between Coleman Mall and Church Street West. Buildings from right: Commercial Building; Commercial Hotel - a Commercial Hotel operated on the corner of Main Street and The Square from 1881-1986, and...
Creator: Photorama Magazine
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1963
This image shows the area of The Square between Coleman Place and Church Street West. Visible, from right: C.M. Ross Company Ltd, Dominion, Crawford and Neal Costumiers, Commercial Hotel, Coles Music Warehouse, Grand Hotel, Municipal Chambers.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
This photograph shows the Union Bank of Australia on the corner of the Square and Coleman Place. This building is still standing [2014] but has been redeveloped into two restaurants. Next door can be seen the C.M. Ross Co Ltd building. This was re...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
The Commercial Hotel on the corner of Main Street West and the Square was first built in 1881, the photograph here shows this first building. It is described in the Cyclopedia of New Zealand Vol 1, p 1183 with a verandah and balcony. It burnt down...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1882 to circa 1889
E mahi ana ēnei tāne i runga i te rerewē e whiti ana i te Marae o Hine ki Papaiōea. Railway workers working on the railway line through The Square.
Creator: George W Shailer
Date: circa 1889
This panorama of The Square was taken from the top of the Post Office in The Square of Palmerston North. At this time The Square was divided into 4 quadrants and central strip, bisected by roads. the photograph must have been taken after 1914, bec...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1914 to 1920