This image ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on December 14 1960 with the caption, "Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This photo shows a normally quiet crossing in the morning, patronised by s...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: “Miss Helen Wilson (Miss Industries 1960) is shown receiving a make-up bag from Mr. A. Dix of Milne and Choyce Ltd. as part of her prize as...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

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:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

Plaque outlining history of the building. Description reads as follows:

"This building stands on the site of the first general store in Palmerston North, erected in 1871 by George Mathew Snelson. The site was later occupied by t...

Creator:      Isaac Heaphy
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
Date:          February 11, 2022

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 December 1962, "Christmas shoppers crossing the intersection of the Square and Rangitikei Street on Monday. Few shoppers were seen with substantial parcels. It appe...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          December 26, 1962

Work men removing the railway tracks from the Square. The last train went through the Square in June of 1964 and later that month work men started to remove track joints and lines from the Square. Milson Railway Station opened on 21 October 1963. ...

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

Looking across The Square to Arthur Barnett department store. This building was built for C M Ross Co Ltd in 1927-1928. In 1959 it was sold to Milne and Choyce, in 1966 to the D.I.C. which was bought out by Arthur Barnett in 1987. At a time of dec...

Creator:      Ian Matheson
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1993

Staff of the women's fashion showroom posing with a trophy. From left: Molly Cotton; Miss Floyd; Mrs Boyle; Molly King; ?; Trish ?; Mrs Ciochetto; Peg McNabb; Gaye Chamberlain (later Ware). Gaye Ware was employed by C M Ross and Milne and Choyce b...

Creator:      The Times
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1959 to 1960

Allan Smith designed this window display while employed by Milne Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Display Manager.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

Allan Smith designed this window display while employed by Milne Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Display Manager.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

Allan Smith designed this window display while employed by Milne and Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross Co Ltd department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Display Manager.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

Allan Smith designed this window display while employed by Milne Choyce. He based it upon a scene in a painting. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Displ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

Milne and Choyce operated in Palmerston North from 1959 - 1966. They bought the store, built 1927-1928, from the C M Ross Company (locally owned) in 1959 and sold to the D.I.C. in 1966.

Creator:      Gordon Koberstein
Place:          4 the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965