An air-operated coal crane at the Palmerston North railway yards. On the foreground: railway worker Jim Daley.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

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

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1969

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1969

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1969

A group of at least five large silos. Two workers suspended from a crane are painting the outside of one of the silos.

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

Workers suspended from a crane paint the outside of a silo.

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          1970s

This photograph may have been taken for use in an advertisement or trade publication.

Creator:      John Cleland

This photograph shows construction nearing completion on a six-storey building on the corner of Main Street West and Te Marae o Hine The Square. The building was designed by Cantlon & Co. Architects of Palmerston North and constructed by McMillan ...

Creator:      Palmerston North City Council, Planner's Department
Date:          circa 1987

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the second quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson featuring images of the removal of a Boiler from Clausen's on Cook Street.

Film has no sound.

Creator:      Rod Matheson
Place:          Cook Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

A film believed to have been taken by Rod Matheson featuring demolition work in the grounds of the old Gasworks in February-March 1965, and tar-sealing work in Cook Street.

No sound.

Creator:      Rod Matheson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 November 1960 "After over five years of spare time this week Dr. W. Williams, seen in the foreground, inspects his 30ft luxury cabin cruiser while workmen tighten the...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 June 1958, page 8: "This huge girder was swung into position this morning on the corner of Rangitikei and Queen Street to form part of the massive construction of the...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Queen and Rangitikei Strret, Palmerston North
Date:          June 28, 1958

[Photograph of the cabin cruiser constructed by Dr. W. Williams being lifted by crane onto a transporter in preparation for delivery to Taupo. The procedure is watched by a group of young boys.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20th March, 1963. "With a portion of a £4000 house stranded in midstream in the Manawatu River and with dusk fast approaching, contractors who were transporting this hou...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-03-20T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19th March, 1963. "Work started yesterday on the installation of six huge storage tanks at the Standard Brewery in Featherston Street. The task was not an easy one as ea...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 September 1969. The caption was illegible, but the negative packet reads, "New Knitting Machine Being Delivered to Blue Bell Knitwear".

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 27, 1969

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 September 1969. The caption was illegible, but the negative packet reads, "New Knitting Machine Being Delivered to Blue Bell Knitwear".

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 27, 1969

UB class goods wagon loaded with a dragline excavator at the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1964

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1963 to December 1963

A coal grabber in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1963 to December 1963

Workers operating a crane in the Palmerston North railway yards. The crane is possibly a 10 ton steam crane made by Cowans Sheldon & Co.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 1963 to January 1964

NZ Motor Bodies was established as Munt, Cotterell, Neilsen and Company Ltd in 1926, but the name was changed to NZ Motor Bodies in 1937. The business was situated in Petone until 1978 when operations shifted to Palmerston North. In 1983 the busin...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Keith Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 10, 1977

Railway crane number 500 in the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964

A coal crane and workers at the southern end of the Palmerston North railway yards.

Creator:      Roland Penhall
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 1964 to August 1964