The Café de Paris was built as an hotel in 1893, opposite Palmerston North Railway Station on the corner of Domain Street and Main Street. The building was demolished in 2016. This photograph was taken for an advertisement in the Dominion newspaper.

Creator:      John Cleland
Date:          July 1971

[Photograph of a group of men stand around a table, with a selection of bottles and glasses, at a function for the P.D.C.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

[Photograph of three men, holding glasses, at a function for the P.D.C.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

[Photograph of a group of men stand around a table, with a selection of bottles and glasses, at a function for the P.D.C.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-11-08T00:00:00+00:00

[Photograph of patrons and publican at the Crown Hotel, Norsewood.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Norsewood

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 August 1987 with the caption: "Recollection tinged with sadness marked the first-ever meeting today of former Nicoberg Coffee Lounge owner Vic Holmes and present owne...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Stafford Arcade, Between Broadway Avenue and King Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 1987

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
Place:          The Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          1966

This photograph comes from a small bound photograph album found in the Slack and Hewett Families archive. This albums contains informal photographs, mostly of the Hewett family. They lived on Long Melford Road, Awapuni at a homestead called "Waita...

Creator:      Hewett Family
Place:          Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          1900 to 1910

A group of men gather together on the Fitzherbert side of the bridge.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1934

A garden party held for Palmerston North's old identities in the grounds of Caccia Birch. From left: Mr G Rennie (former Palmerston North Mayor), unknown, Mayor Desmond Black, the Governor General A Porritt. There were 350 guests in attendance.

Creator:      John Cleland
Place:          Caccia Birch, 130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          March 1971

This is the public bar of the Cloverlea Tavern, which was designed by Mr Jack Cantlon.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Date:          1974

These gentlemen are actors in the Premiere Drapery Company - Interhouse One Act Plays. They are Ray Blair and Ivan Bennett. The original Premiere Drapery Company building was owned by Watchorn and Co and then W F Durward until it was reorganised i...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1948

Some of the Manawatu Theatre Society Stage Crew relax after a day of set construction. Front left: Doug Mawson, Charles Forbes, unidentified, Rhys Doherty, Lynette Russell and Bernie O'Donnell

Creator:      John McDonald
Date:          1990

It is thought this image shows the pupils at Wanganui Girls College having a picnic in the 1890s.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Whanganui
Date:          1890s