The cenotaph, constructed 1926, was unveiled by the Prime Minister of the day Mr J F Coates. The memorial, a copy of one found in Folkstone, England, was for the men who died in the First World War, (WWI) and as such faced north-west towards the b...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...
Creator: Crown Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 7, 1926
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: 1975 to 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: 1975 to 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke, attributed to
Date: circa 1976
Creator: James Lashbrooke
Date: October 1976
A group working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. The pool was built with voluntary labour.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying...
Creator: Clem King
Date: circa 1957
This photograph shows a group of men working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. The houses in the background are on Standford Street. It appears to have been included in an album with oth...
Creator: Clem King
Date: circa 1957
A group working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. The pool was built with voluntary labour. The tractor in the foreground is a Massey Ferguson, probably a Ferguson TO-30 or TO-35.
This i...
Creator: Clem King
Date: circa 1957
A group of men working on the construction of the Ashhurst School Pool, which was officially opened in February 1958. This was built with voluntary labour. The photograph shows the walls being erected. In the foreground of the photograph, from lef...
Creator: Clem King
Date: December 1957
Construction of this bridge started in 1938. It was the first two-lane bridge in the area with concrete piles. The bridge was washed away in the 2004 floods.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph loaned for copying. The...
Date: 1940 to 1941
Three floors of the then new library building were fitted with 311 sun-deflectors 25 June 1965. Each screen was two feet high. This building operated as the public library in Palmerston North from 1965-1996.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Corner of Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 25, 1965
A series of images spanning 4 May - 14 September, 1965, depicting the construction of the Public Library on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The library was officially opened on 4 November, 1965.
Creator: "Wally D' - W. R. Davies, Palmerston North
Place: Corner of Main Street and The Square, Palmerston North
Date: November 1965
This image was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 22nd November 1973.
"Mr Eric Christensen (left) and Mr Peter Price put up shelves in Palmerston North's new mobile library, which should be in use within two weeks."
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Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 22, 1973
This image was taken for a story published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 22nd November 1973.
"The city librarian, Mr I.W. Malcolm, and the deputy librarian, Miss N.M. Irvine, admire the new mobile library."
The new mobile library replaced ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Palmerston North
Date: November 22, 1973
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
This replica of the first grocery store in Palmerston North, (George Snelson - 1871) was created for the 1971 Centennial Celebrations.
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm was at that time the President of the Master Builders Association, and in tha...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1971
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s
Building Contractor Keith Malcolm (in partnership with brother Bruce) was responsible for many new builds in the Manawatū area between 1951 and 1999. The Malcolm brothers took over their father’s construction firm B. C. Malcolm and Sons in 1960. T...
Creator: Keith Malcolm
Date: 1970s