Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A snapshot of life in Palmerston North in December 1953. The city was looking forward to a visit from the new Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Creator: Tina White
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 15, 2020
This photograph of The Square was probably taken from one of the top storeys of the CM Ross Building (Roscos Department Store) and showcases some of the changes that have taken place in The Square since the 1940s. Note the lack of the Hopwood Cloc...
Creator: Royal Studios, Marton
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940
This photograph shoes a view of the Square from Main Street East, looking towards Church Street. The railway is running through the centre of Main Street, the Statue of Te Awe Awe can be seen centre right of the photo and was erected in 1907.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1907 to 1910
This colour photograph looks toward Broadway Avenue from Church Street. Buildings include the Public Library building 1965-1996 (green tinted window shades) and Post Office 1905-1988, on opposite sides of Main Street. The towered building is the A...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
This postcard from the early 1900s gives a clear view of The Square. Some of the visible features are the band rotunda (built 1907, domed structure on left), the Lakelet (opened 1909, foreground), the Te Awe Awe statue at right(erected 1907) and t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This photograph came from a small photograph album that belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, " War Memorial. PN 14-1-1928". The Palmerston North cenotaph, also known as the War Memorial, was constructed...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 14, 1928
This photograph shows an interesting perspective of Church Street East and The Lakelet. On the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square is the Public Library. This building was the fourth public library in Palmerston North and was purpose built...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
This view of The Square was probably taken from the top of the Grand Hotel. Some of the visible landmarks are The Lakelet, the cannons, the band rotunda, the observatory and the Te Peeti Te Awe Awe statue.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1911 to 1918
This photograph shows The Square Gardens opposite the Post Office.
Creator: Frank Duncan Co., Auckland
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920
[1] JH Wiltshire, clothier and mercer; [2] Hotter Brothers, grocers; [3] Ladies' Model Store (LMS). Butter and Englebretson, Drapers; [4]"The Don", Millar and Giorgi, men's outfitters (established 1902); [5] The United Farmers Co-Operative Associa...
Creator: Crown Studios [?]
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907
This photograph of The Square looks along the eastern side of The Square, from near the Church Street corner, past Main Street to Broadway. The building in the centre is the Post Office on the corner of Main Street. While this building still stand...
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
The lakelet was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the Beautifying Society. James Nash, Mayor of Palmerston North at the time, opened the Lakelet before a crowd on October 27 1909. The Lakelet is shaped as a but...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1909 to circa 1910
This postcard looks from The Lakelet towards the south-east section of The Square, between the corners of Main Street East and Fitzherbert Avenue.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1915
This photograph of the eastern corner of The Square must have been taken before 1907 because the original, smaller band rotunda is present. It was replaced by a larger structure in 1907 and moved to The Victoria Esplanade.
Creator:
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906 to circa 1907
The PDC, established 1915, built this complex in 1929-1930. The site of the PDC is now occupied by The Plaza shopping centre. On the left is Watson Bros Ltd, established 1910, who sold out to Manawatu TV and Sound Service in 1983.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
The observatory was erected in the south-west quadrant of The Square in 1906. It was demolished in 1938 after repeated bouts of vandalism and the increase in light pollution in The Square lessened its usefullness. The Lakelet constructed 1909, can...
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: circa 1915
This postcard is looks across The Square from the corner of Church Street West to Main Street East. Note that the image was made before The Lakelet had been constructed. It would be dug where the path crosses in front of the Observatory. This dome...
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1908
This postcard is looks across The Square from the corner of Church Street West to Main Street East. Note that the image was made before The Lakelet had been constructed. It would be dug where the path crosses in front of the Observatory. This dome...
Creator: William Park
Date: circa 1908