These images were taken for the August 6th, 1978 edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published.
The caption read: “Barry Buckley hard at work on the outside of the house which is being built to aid the sports and recre...
Creator: The Tribune
Place: Wakeman Street, Pahiatua
Date: August 6, 1978
This house was located at 18 Princess Street, where the UCOL (Universal College of Learning) Atrium now stands.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: September 5, 1992
The women in this photograph are Vera Cox (left), who married John Boman, and Vera Burr who married Courtney McLennan. After Vera Boman (née Cox) and Courtney McLennan had passed away, the two surviving partners - Vera McLennan (née Burr) and John...
Date: 1946 to 1954
The woman on the left is Vera Cox, who later married John Boman. The woman on the right is unidentified.
The residence is the home of Mr and Mrs A K Drew. Alfred Kingsley Drew (c.1882-1953) married Elsie Gordon Flyger in April 1908. He served as...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
The women in this photograph are Vera Cox (left), who married John Boman, and Vera Burr who married Courtney McLennan. After Vera Boman (née Cox) and Courtney McLennan had passed away, the two surviving partners - Vera McLennan (née Burr) and John...
Date: 1946 to 1954
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Sidney Burr, watched by his son Leo, is shown demolishing the Dahlsrom family's whare with a mallet.
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sw...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Vera L McLennan write that Ola Persson Dahlstrom (1842-1924) "hewed his first hut or whare out of totara from standing bush. He came from Lund, Sweden, and his wife Perania Mathira nee Osterby, from Aar, Denmark, where they were married in 1870. T...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1935 to circa 1955
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: circa 1939
This house was built in 1879 by Charles Bauckham. This photograph shows Mrs Bauckham at the gate. It later became the home of Walter (Wattie) Brewer (1889-1977), a sadler and shoe retailer. Brewer was also actively involved with many groups and co...
Date: circa 1880
The vehicle in this photograph belong to Schnell, who lived at the corner of Harrison Line and Bunnythorpe Road.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not ...
Date: 1925
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Date: circa 1910
The people in this photograph have been identified as, from left: Tom; Mrs Susan Hart; Mrs Louise Hart and child. Richard (c.1837- 1903) and Susan Hart (c.1838-1909) migrated from England to New Zealand with their children on the sailing ship Raka...
Date: circa 1900
This house is believed to originally have been 'Havenhoe', owned by the Bauckham Family. The three girls standing in front of the fence have been identified as Annie, Mary and Ada, daughters of the owner, Wattie Brewer.
This image is derived from ...
Date: circa 1920
This house was built in 1895.
This image is derived from a copy negative made from a photograph that was loaned for copying. The original photographic print is not held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Date: circa 1910
This house is thought to be connected to either the Voss or McEwen families of Karere.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the I...
Date: circa 1910
This unidentified group are believed to be connected to the Voss family of Karere.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the Ian Ma...
Date: 1910s
The McEwen farmhouse was built in 1893 and destroyed by fire in the 1960s. It was the home of David McEwen (1818-1905), settler of Karere, from 1893 to 1905. It was built on the site of the first Post Office in Palmerston North, 1869-1871.
This im...
Date: 1940s
Looking towards the Ruahine Street and Main Street intersection.
The building in the foreground right was 236 Ruahine street, occupied by I.R. Bremner Ladies Outfitters. It was demolished in 1969 to make way for the Terrace End Branch of the ANZ...
Creator: D. Evans
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
Alfred Richard Stace (died 1909), arrived in Aokautere about 1875. He married Emily Robert, daughter of C. W. and Annie Robert of Stoney Creek. Alfred purchaesd land at the end of what is now Staces Road, where he ran a dairy farm. Staces Road was...
Date: 1890s
John Taylor Dalrymple bought the 815 acre Te Matai property at the district's first auction of Crown Land in 1866. He is reported to have settled there in 1868 and it is likely that the original section of the house, the single-storey kitchen and ...
Date: 1920s
Two houses on the south-western corner of Church and Albert Streets,, 2022. The house on the left was relocated.
(Photo taken through security fence)
Creator: Ben Foster
Place: 528 and 530 Church Street
Date: October 8, 2022
A view of Church Street. The houses which can be seen in this image starting from left with the car parked in front are numbers 472, 470, 466 and 464 Church Street.
Creator: Maurice Thompson
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 13, 1963
The location of the property captured in this panoramic image is believed to be of the Manurewa Children's Home, Auckland, which opened in 1914.
Creator: Unknown
Date: unknown
A large vari...
Creator: William James Young
Date: 1900 to 1932
George Snelson (1837-1901) is often called 'The Father of Palmerston North'. He was the first store-keeper, first Chairman of the Manawatu Road Board, first Chairman of the School Committee, first Chairman of the Hospital Board and first Postmaste...
Creator: George W Shailer [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1885
This house was probably designed by architect Acton Wylde-Browne.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960s