Watchorns Ltd, located at 162-163 The Square, was founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, but was soon taken over and operated solely by Mr G Watchorn. The china is the 'Harvest Poppy' crockery design made in England.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1920s

Allan Smith designed this window display while employed by Milne Choyce. It was entered in the Crown Lynne window dressing competition and was judged second, across New Zealand. The judges stated, 'Technically a beautiful window and one which we a...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

A Christmas display of Crown Lynn china, created by Allan Smith while employed by Milne Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Display Manager.

Creator:      Barry Woods - Milne and Choyce
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

Three photographs on a decorated page, showing life in the Kahutarawa Valley - 'Sunday morning in the Whare', travelling by horse back and bush clearing camp. The Kahuterawa Valley is located near Palmerston North in the foot of the Tararua Ranges...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1896

Watchorns Limited was a department store, founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, 162-163 The Square, Palmerston North. By the mid 1930s it was Watchorns Limited at 162 The Square.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930 to 1939

This photograph was taken prior to 1900 because the Standard newspaper building and the Commercial Hotel were burned down in that year. A photograph taken from the same angle and with the same buildings appears in "A Selection of Views from Palmer...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1893

Arthur Maden owned A Maden's Grocer Co-op Store, situated in Rongotea on the corner of Douglas Square and Mersey Street from 1927-1931. The store was in another location from 1924-1927. The store's truck was also used to ferry children from the su...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          1927 to 1931

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1954