This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 1st of May 1971.

"Two thousand people sat and stood in front of the Palmerston North Clock Tower last night and sang “We Shall Live in Peace” as th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 1971

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 1st of May 1971.

"Two thousand people sat and stood in front of the Palmerston North Clock Tower last night and sang “We Shall Live in Peace” as th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 1971

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 1st of May 1971.

"Two thousand people sat and stood in front of the Palmerston North Clock Tower last night and sang “We Shall Live in Peace” as th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 1, 1971

This image comes from a collection of glass negatives found in the attic of 'Lovelock's cottage' by 'Keebles Farm' near Massey University. The people in the images are possibly the Lovelock family, but their identities have not been confirmed.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1890 to 1910

The Pascal brothers, Claud and John, emigrated to New Zealand from France. They were involved in the flax industry c. 1890 - 1906. The photograph shows the families at the McLennan home at Oroua Downs, Manawatū. Photograph copied from McLennan/Pas...

Creator:      Roy McLennan
Place:          Oroua Downs
Date:          1889?

This image was taken for a story and photo feature that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on Monday 8th October 1984. "Fun run fans fired up."

"An impressive sight at the start were the number of eager canine entrants straining at the leash.....

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1984

This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine. It was found among the August 1963 negatives, but not published that month.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

Alexander McMinn was the founder of the 'Manawatu Daily Standard' (forerunner of the Manawatu Standard), the first daily paper published between Wellington and Wanganui, which produced it’s first issue on 29th November 1880. The newspaper was sold...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

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:          1969

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:          1969

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 April 1963, "Vasi gets acquainted with his new mistress Judith Beale and the Mayor, Mr. G. M. Rennie. Judith won Vasi in "Name the Puppy" competition. She chose Vasi ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 13, 1963

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 18 January, 1964. [A crowd enjoys the Palmerston North Carnival of the Lake at Centennial Lake. There are rows of stalls and a ferris wheel in the background.] See also: 2017N...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1964-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 14 January, 1964. [A boy climbs on the wreck of the Hyderabad on Waitarere Beach. A dog braces against the wreck, looking up at the boy.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Waitarere
Date:          1964-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 January, 1964. "White capped surf dwarfed this man and son as their patiently dragged a net through the shallows at Waitarere Beach. Up and down they paced, each inte...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Waitarere
Date:          1964-01-14T00:00:00+00:00

The H L Young building was constructed in Palmerston North in 1920. Parked outside is Henry Young’s Studebaker, one of the first in the Manawatu. On the left is the Post Office Hotel, which was seriously damaged by fire c1926. It was demolished i...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

Michael Kopytko delivering mail in Palmerston North. He would later take a job as a mail sorter.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950s

This photograph is believed to be of taken at the front gate to George and Jane Young's place called 'Kilrudden' at Mt Stewart in the Rangitiki District, it is one of number in the Young Collection.

The photograph was created by William James Yo...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

Papillon Olive at Massey University Autumn 2019. 

Creator:      Shalvin Sharan
Date:          May 2019

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1900 to 1932

"A walk along the gorgeous Manawatū River". A dog resting in the park with the Ruahine Ranges in the background.

Creator:      Johanna Tait
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2018

Workers are shovelling (possibly) blood and bone into sacks, marked as 'Longburn'. Note the dog looking over one of the sacks.

Creator:      Robert Wallis
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910 to circa 1920

Looking down Main Street West towards Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). Walkley's Commercial and Family Hotel was built in 1881. It was previously occupied by the Commercial Hotel. The Standard building alongside the hotel is the first home of the...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1882 to March 1882

A severe storm which crossed the North Island 2 February 1936 caused substantial damage in and around Palmerston North, one of the hardest hit towns. Houses lost roofs, chimneys were blown over, the grandstands of the A&P Association, the Awapuni ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 1936

The smithy building and business was later shifted to 240 Ruahine Street. Mr Coles is in the centre and S. Beaument, a cousin, is on the horse. The dog's name is Towser.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1923

A portrait of the Davis family of Linton. Ian Matheson notes that the boy in photograph may have been an adopted son.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Linton , Palmerston North
Date:          1890 to 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:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 24, 1901

View of the Railway Station in Main Street, looking east. Taken after 1906 as the Grand Hotel is in the background, but before 1914 as the old wooden All Saint's Church steeple is present.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1913

Walkley's Commercial Hotel can be seen on the left of the photograph. It stood on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square. The people are waiting on the train platform at the Railway Station. The Post Office and Telegraph stands next to th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1885 to circa 1889

This property is thought to be in Grey Street, Feilding. George Shailer was a well known photographer in Palmerston North taking many studio in informal photographs in the Manawatu Region.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Feilding
Date:          circa 1880 to circa 1890