Standing left: Mary Helena McCully – née McEwen (1880-1939) daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann McEwen. Standing right: Mary Ann McEwen – née Scrimshaw (1853-1926), daughter of George Scrimshaw. Sitting: Mrs George Scrimshaw – mother of Mary Ann McEw...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1903

This photograph shows a woman wearing a full-length, hooded crocheted garment, with feathers around the cuffs and hood. The negative is labelled "Dianne Hamblyn," although it is not known if this is the name of the model or the creator of the clot...

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          August 1972

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 January, 1964. "All enjoying themselves at the New Zealand Veterinary Association cocktail party held on Monday evening are these young visitors. They are, from the l...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Massey University, Palmerston North
Date:          January 28, 1964

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 January, 1964. "While their husbands were occupied with the more serious business of the New Zealand veterinary conference which opened at the Massey University of th...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          January 27, 1964

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

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

This audience is gathered to observe the laying of the Massey Agricultural College Foundation Stone by Governor General, Sir Charles Fergusson, accompanied by his wife, Lady Alice Fergusson. The vice-regal party were out of shot on a stage to the ...

Creator:      Unknown

Date:          December 4, 1929

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. The same unidentified woman (and distinctive wallpaper) appears in several other photographs, including: 2015G_Young27_010159; 2015G_Young110_010229; 2015G_Young111_010...

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

Mrs Richard Slingsby Abraham (1858-1943) was formerly Miss Martha Frances Philson of Auckland. She married Richard Abraham (1851-1942) on 27 October 1880, and raised seven children. They lived in Palmerston North until 1903 when their large resid...

Creator:      R H Bartlett, Auckland
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1884

From a Voss family photograph album, but does not feature any members of the Voss family. Identified are Bertie Jacobs (first on left) and Olive Bett (fifth from right). The man to the left of Olive is possibly Jack Grant, who later became her hus...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph was taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard to illustrate fashion, but it was not used. The women are unidentified, but the location appears to be the Woodville Racecourse.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 13, 1958

The Puketotara Estate was located on the western bank of the Oroua River in the vicinity of its junction with the Manawatūorou River. The Pascal brothers, Claud and John, emigrated to New Zealand from France. They were involved in the flax industr...

Creator:      Roy McLennan
Place:          Puketotara Station, Ourua, Manawatū
Date:          1886

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the November 1960 edition.

Caption: “A mannequin parade was held during the first boat show in Palmerston North, which attracted a great deal of interest. The above photog...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham

Date:          November 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the November 1960 edition.

Caption: “A mannequin parade was held during the first boat show in Palmerston North, which attracted a great deal of interest. The above photog...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham

Date:          November 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the November 1960 edition.

Caption: “A mannequin parade was held during the first boat show in Palmerston North, which attracted a great deal of interest. The above photog...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham

Date:          November 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s November 1960 edition but was not published.

Caption: “A mannequin parade was held during the first boat show in Palmerston North, which attracted a great deal of interest. The above photogr...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham

Date:          November 1960

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 19th March 2019. Lorraine Holtham, Part 4 of 5.  Work after left school, early 1950s. Going on strike. Common to marry in teens. Big families common. Rollerskating. Dress code at work. Dressing smartly ...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 19, 2019

Debutante Ball c.1947 at the Sanson Hall.

Debutante's [left to right]: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Joyce Foster, Merlene Howard, Miss Young, unknown, Leigh Locket, unknown, Marion Webb, Marlene Thompson, Jacqueline Thompson, unkn...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North

Date:          1947

The Rockstrows were an early Manawatū family of German extraction. Johann Friedrich Rockstroh (1834-1913) was a Prussian born in Erfurt, Germany. As a young man he migrated to New Zealand, where he practiced medicine in the goldfields of Otago and...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1892 to circa 1896

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:          July 6, 1966

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:          May 21, 1967

This photograph shows Frank (Francis Henry) McCready Sr (1908-1988), founder of Elmar Studios and his wife Pearl Mary McCready (1907-1995). It was taken in the late 1930's, or early 1940.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Jean McCready in her white first communion dress. Jean was the daughter of Frank (Francis Henry) McCready Sr (1908-1988), founder of Elmar Studios and his wife Pearl Mary McCready (1907-1995). She was the second youngest of their five children, Pe...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946 to circa 1947

Wilberforce Alfred George (1867-1921) was a clothier on The Square, Palmerston North, carrying on the business established by his father D. M. George in 1883. He and his wife Agnes Innes George (née Marshall) had five children. They are from left:...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1913 to circa 1914

Mavis Marion George (1912-1968), married Edwin Roy Ingram (1906-1997), on 22 June 1940. Mavis was the daughter of Agnes Innes George (née Marshall), (c.1878 -1942) and Wilberforce Alfred George (1867 - 1921), of 56 Linton Street. Edwin was the son...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 1940

Studio portrait of Stanley Pike (1905 - 1983) and an unidentified baby.

Creator:      Pollard, Photographic Artist, Wellington
Place:          Wellington
Date:          circa 1909

Murray Pike in a sailor suit, with rocking horse.

Creator:      Phillips, Wellington
Place:          Wellington
Date:          circa 1910

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 6th February 1963. "Miss J. Purdie (right), who was educated at the Freyberg High School, has returned this year as a teacher. Miss Purdie is seen discussing yesterday m...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 5, 1963

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 18 February, 1964. [A series of images of the Flair Boutique autumn wear show.] See also: 2017N_2017-20_018482, 2017N_2017-20_018484, 2017N_2017-20_018485

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 December 1958: "On the first day of the Manawatu Racing Club's summer meeting at Awapuni on Saturday many were seen discussing the form of their fancied runners. Thes...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date:          December 22, 1958