The Premier Drapery Company was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. This building, designed by L G West and built in 1905 as part of the former Club Hotel complex, was bought by the PDC in 1975, with a view to building a new...

Creator:      Elizabeth Creamer
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

This photograph shows the interior of Jacquard Hosiery Mills Limited, including a shot of two men working on the knitting machines. Published in the Manawatu Standard 12 February 1968. In the 1967 Palmerston North phone book the factory is listed ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          601 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1968

Henry Garner opened a drapery store in 1906 under the name ‘Kash’, with the first premises being in The Square and later, Cuba Street. In 1937 the store moved to a new building in Broadway, on the former Zelandia Hall site. In the 1960s the store...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950 to circa 1959

Batik artists Tony Burton and Dinah Priestly show their work to the Mayor, Mr Elwood (left) and the Managing Director of the Manawatu Evening Standard, Mr P Henson. The works were commissioned by the Manawatu Evening Standard to celebrate the news...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1, 1980