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:          1950s

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:          1950s

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 October 1960 "Youthful participants in the Y.M.C.A. 1960 gymnastic display waited their turn to go through their act in the dress rehearsal last night. The display wi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 27, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 September 1960 "Miss F. Furness, an Auckland competitor from the Onehunga gymnasium, about to compete in the parallel bars section of the New Zealand gymnastics champ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 23, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 September 1960 "An Auckland Grammar School boy trained by himself yesterday at the Palmerston North Y.M.C.A. in preparation for the New Zealand gymnastic championship...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 23, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 January, 1959. "A class in rhythmical gymnastics at the 10th annual residential theatre school being conducted by the New Zealand Drama Council at Massey College. Th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 14, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 May 1961 "Many hundreds more spectators than have visited the Palmerston North Industries Fair at any one time packed Broadway footpaths this afternoon to see a free ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 9, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 October, 1959. "This photograph was taken last night during a practice for the annual Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic display this week. Those taking part in this breathtaking py...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 27, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 May, 1963. "Four members of the Friday evening's gymnastics class, D. Mullane, J. Rowberry, M. Todd, and H. Smith, go through their paces on the parallel bars at the ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          May 30, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 31 October 1958: "Children yesterday went through their paces during the final rehearsal for the public gymnastics display which will be presented by the Palmerston Nort...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 31, 1958

From the top: Roger Swan, Julie Dickins, Stanley Field, Philip Dickins, Alice Millar, Walter Mitchell, Barry Brungar, John Gosling, Irvine Robertson, Ron Gosling. Refer to Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p. 43.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1951

Palmerston North Intermediate Normal was opened 5 Feb 1941. It was one of the earlier intermediate schools established in New Zealand, whereby it took the pupils of the last two years of primary school, to better prepare them for secondary school....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The Alwyn Physical Culture Club was a woman's only club opened in Palmerston North in 1936. It was modelled on American clubs of the same name and in consultation with Madame Lauri Alwyn, who visited at the time of inauguration. It was set up as a...

Creator:      Lauri Alwyn
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 14, 1956