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
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 first image in this pair was taken by staff photographer Phil Green and published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 4th September 1974. The text below appeared in the newspaper the previous day.
"Hammers still pound and a crane rumbles on ...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Wellington
Date: September 4, 1974
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
The National Mutual Life building was officially opened by the Prime Minister Robert Muldoon in 1978. At the time, it was the tallest office building in Palmerston North at 122 ft, comprising of 10 stories. The ground floor was occupied by shops a...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1975
Palmerston North experienced a period of severe water shortage in the summer of 1943-1944, when the level of the lake a Turitea fell 3.5m below the bywash of the dam. The PNCC had to hastily sink a soak well on the south bank of the Manawatū River...
Date: circa 1944