Diorama of pākehā settlers being greeted by a Māori family, on the Hopwood Hardware Company store front. The three dimensional display includes a marae and pātaka, assorted totara trees and colonisers in canoes. The sign reads "100 years... Togeth...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: March 13, 1971
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.
Caption: “Photorama recently had a look behind the scenes at the Transportation department and now shows you some of the things a Traffic Officer do...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Broadway, Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This photograph shows the view up Main Street East, along the railway line that once ran through The Square. It was probably taken from the top of the Hopwood Clock Tower (completed in 1957). A railway service between Wellington and Palmerston Nor...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: since 1956
The 'Times' was the first newpsper in Palmerston North. It was established in 1875,and, at various times, has been called 'Manawatu Evening Times', 'Manawatu Daily Times' and 'The Times". These premises were in use from 1929. In 1962 new premises...
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
This building, designed by H Basting and built by J Kerr, was built between 1918 - 1923 and called the "Smith Buildings'. In 1925 it housed C Smith, Drapers, on the first floor. In 1929 it was taken over by the Times newspaper. The 'Times' was the...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1961
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. This image shows the Hopwood Hardware Company Limited front window, advertising their Berger Breeze Name the Puppy Cont...
Creator: Elmar Studios
Date: April 9, 1963