Looking down Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North, from the corner of The Square and Broadway, showing Christmas decorations strung across the street. The photograph features the three buildings that comprised Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd, establish...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1971
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 November 1960 "All day a team of workers from Milne and Choyce Ltd., have been busy assembling the biggest store decoration yet seen in Palmerston North. In the foreg...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-11-12T00:00:00+00:00
[Photograph taken for The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 November 1960: View from second floor of Milne and Choyce Ltd., showing Christmas decorations of two choir boys on the balcony "singing forth the praise of Christmas", the theme for this ye...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1960-11-12T00:00:00+00:00
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954, staying overnight at the Grand Hotel. The city was decorated with lights to welcome them. There was a similar crown decoration on top of the ba...
Creator: C H James
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
The building was decorated for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, when they visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The Royal Civic dinner was held in the Rosco tearooms on the 2nd floor. C M Ross Co. Ltd ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
In 1970, to mark Palmerston North's centennial, the Council arranged to purchase a section of the 1969 Light of London Christmas decorations from Regent Street. Ten lines of lights were purchased at a cost of £2,820 - 9 lines consisting of 1 large...
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: December 1974
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954, staying overnight at the Grand Hotel. The city was decorated with lights to welcome them. This negative was copied from a series of slides take...
Creator: C H James
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
A glitter ball was installed in the then De Luxe Theatre in George Street, in C. 1932. It remained in the building until its demolition in 1984. The 'De Luxe Theatre' started life as His Majesty's Theatre in 1911, and changed functions and names o...
Creator: Percy Harris
Place: George Street, Palmerston North
Date: January 1985
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of The Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
This photograph shows the C M Ross Co building with Christmas decorations. C M Ross, or Roscos, was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. This building was constructed in 1927-1928 to replace a number of buildings on The Squar...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of The Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
A view of Broadway Avenue showing the streets decorated for the 1971 Centennial celebrations.
Creator: Maurice Thompson
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 21, 1971