The first image in this set was taken by staff photographer Phil Green and published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 5th September 1974.
"The hearse about to enter the Air Force Hercules which carried the casket from the Capital to Christchu...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Wellington
Date: September 5, 1974
This first image in this pair was taken by staff photographer Phil Green and published in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 5th September 1974.
"The hearse passes through a guard of honour at the airport."
Norman Kirk was the 29th Prime Minister...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Wellington
Date: September 5, 1974
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 October, 1959. "Boy entrants from Woodburne arrived at Ohakea yesterday in a Lochhead Hercules and spent some time inspecting visiting aircraft."
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Ohakea
Date: October 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 May 1958, page 9: "The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the United States Air Force first prop jet transport, framed by the cargo doors of another craft."
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Date: May 16, 1958
The first show of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held in Palmerston North November 1886, at the Showgrounds. It included commercial displays as shown here.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date: 1899