A view looking west down Broad Street (Broadway Avenue) towards The Square. The photo was shot from the roof of Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill).
Creator: Cook Family
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Dismantling or repairing metal chimney at the Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill). This image was shot from the back yard of Cook's house on Broad Street (now 192 Broadway Avenue).
Creator: Cook Family
Place: 192 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
The house at 192 Broadway Avenue was built by W H Cook, one of the two Cook brothers who opened a saw milling operation during the late 19th Century. William Cook died on the 9 November, 1937. The house was occupied by various members of the famil...
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: 192 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: June 21, 1998
Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory located on Main Street. William Cook established his first business in Palmerston North 1879 in Coleman Place - a cooperage making barrels from kahikatea he had milled. In 1888 he purchased adjoining properties...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
Construction of a concrete chimney at Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill). Possibly dated 1916-17 when 200 pounds worth of improvements were added to factory.
Creator: Cook Family
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1916 to 1917
A view looking north up Broad Street (Broadway Avenue) from the roof of Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill).
Creator: Cook Family
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
A view looking east across Main Street from the roof of Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill).
Creator: Cook family
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Robert Mechen at work at Cooks Mill, Palmerston North.
Creator: Mechen Family
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1930s
The house at 192 Broadway Avenue was built by W H Cook, one of the two Cook brothers who opened a saw milling operation during the late 19th Century. William Cook died on the 9 November, 1937. The house was occupied by various members of the famil...
Creator: E Creamer
Place: 192 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1981
South-east view from the roof of the Manawatū Knitting Mills. Main Street is in the foreground and Victoria Avenue is in the middle distance. The factory next door to the Knitting Mills is the cooperage and box factory of W. Cook and Sons. Th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1923
Re-cladding the front of the Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill) on Main Street. William Cook established his first business in Palmerston North 1879 in Coleman Place - a cooperage making barrels from kahikatea he had milled. In 1...
Creator: Cook Family
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Railway Freight Wagons on Main Street. Possibly located in front of Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill). The building in the background the army office.
The reverse reads: "Railway trucks, Main Street siding"
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
The eastern side of the Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory as seen from Main Street.
Creator: Cook Family
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
A milling gang felling trees (likely kahikatea) for Cook's timber mill. They have a steam powered winch to haul trees.
The reverse reads: "Bush mill scene up main trunk line"
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatū
Date: 1920s
The house at 192 Broadway Avenue was built by W H Cook, one of the two Cook brothers who opened a saw milling operation during the late 19th Century. William Cook died on the 9 November, 1937. The house was occupied by various members of the famil...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 192 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: February 3, 1973