The Glaxo company was established in 1873 when J C Nathan started a small milk powder plant at Bunnythorpe, trading under the name Defiance. In 1908 the firm, using the trade name of Glaxo, introduced new baby food into the NZ and British markets....
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Botanical Road and Brentwood Avenue
Date: 196X
Lyndhurst Street was a Mr Frederick Bryant subdivision. His wife, Mrs Mary Ann Bryant, was born near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, and the Bryant family moved there in 1899. This road is named after the st...
Creator: Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Date: 2025
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 March, 1959. "Checking the consignment list, Mr R. J. Kinniburgh and a storeman stack the food products and medical supplies which the Glaxo Laboratories (N.Z.), Ltd....
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 17, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 8 July, 1959. "Members of Kairanga Federated Farmers are seen listening to an address by the manager of Glaxo Laboratories prior to being escorted over their premises ye...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 8, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 8 July, 1959. "The Kairanga branch of Federated Farmers yesterday made a tour of the Glaxo Laboratories. The photograph shows a group watching the packing of pills."
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 8, 1959
The Floral Festival was a weeklong series of events organised by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation between the 17th and 22nd of February 1958. The events were well attended, and many businesses got into the spirit of the occasion ...
Creator: Nola Wilson
Place: Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 22, 1958
Glaxo Laboratories was located on Botanical Road (opposite Featherston Street). The Glaxo company was established in 1873 when J C Nathan started a small milk powder plant at Bunnythorpe, trading under the name Defiance. In 1908 the firm, using th...
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: 136-140 Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date: 1996
A promotional booklet, produced by the Palmerston North City Council. The cover reads, "You Must Come and See Us Too!". Contents include photographs and information about: The Square, the Lakelet, municipal buildings, the Esplanade, the Fitzherber...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1939