This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30th December 1965 "A plum tree stripped of a heavy crop in a Palmerston North garden. Countless house-holders suffered in this way from yesterday's gale."

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 30, 1965

A Winter Show was held at the Showgrounds in Pascal Street annually from 1903. Produce was displayed for competition inside one of the pavilions.

Creator:      R P Moore, Wellington
Place:          The Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          June 20, 1923

G.W. Shailer's cherry orchard in Skandia Street, covered in netting. After working as a photographer in Palmerston North, George Shailer retired to land in Hokowhitu, where he developed an orchard and became interested in inventions, patenting sev...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1900 to 1910

Joe Kwong Lee & Co. was established in Palmerston North in the 1890s.

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

This photograph shows a group of young women dressed for a country picnic. The only identified figure is Mabel Child, nee Hocking, of Palmerston North who sits middle right. Mabel Child was born 1893 and judging on Mabel Child's appearance in this...

Creator:      E Child [?]
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1910 to 1929

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:          1966

Massey Agricultural College was opened in 1928. This postcard shows MAC fruit trees being sprayed by an unidentified man.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1945