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Man on a Motorcycle

The motorcycle in this image has been identified as a 1911 Humber 3.5hp single.

This image comes from a collection of unidentified negatives taken by H M Griffiths in the early 1900s, probably 1910-1920. Many of these negatives are labelled as ha...

Creator:      H M Griffiths
Date:          1910 to 1920

Syd Jensen

Syd Jensen stands with his Triumph GP and a KTT Velocette motorcycle, alongside a year's worth of trophies, shields and banners from the 1949 racing season. Syd Jensen was a very successful pilot, aircraft builder, businessman, engineer, racing ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

"The Biggest" - Orion Challenge Cup

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 09 July 1958, page 5: "Twenty-year-old G. Terry (facing the camera) received the Orion Challenge Cup for his efforts in the New Zealand Auto-Cycle Union championship tri...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 9, 1958

Thomson Motorcycle Museum

Peter Thomson developed his own museum from his collection of motorcycles, at 1154 Rongotea Road Kairanga. It has over 100 motorcycles on display, dating from 1904 to present day, as well as motorcycling memorabilia, brochures, motor cycle magazin...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff
Place:          Rongotea Road, Palmerston North
Date:          July 6, 2019

Vespas in Manchester Square, Feilding

Pictured is a group of Massey students' group of Vespa riders visiting Feilding.

The group of Vespa-friends occasionally rode to Feilding where on this occasion a vespa broke down, the Police came over for a look-see, and the locals a pu...

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          Manchester Square, Feilding
Date:          1986

View of Te Motu o Poutoa (Anzac Park / Pork Chop Hill) - 1986

This picture shows the carpark at the park, the green space, and the Palmerston North skyline. The park was originally a Pa, whose terraces were demolished in the c.1960s for soil to fill gulleys in the area for housing development.

Creator:      David Foster
Place:          Te Motu o Poutoa (Anzac Park / Pork Chop Hill)
Date:          1986

A Motorcycle Race near Palmerston North

The motorcycle in the foreground is an Ariel. The riders are unidentified.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1920s

Syd Jensen

Syd Jensen on his Triumph GP Motorcycle, racing past his parents house (HW Jensen) on the Kairanga-Bunnythorpe Road. Syd Jensen was a very successful pilot, aircraft builder, businessman, engineer, racing driver and motorcyclist. He started racing...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Josie Griffiths

Josie Griffiths on a circa 1924-26 Blackburne engined Chater Lea motorcycle. Photo taken in the back garden at 19 Ngata Street, Palmerston North, circa 1929. This motorcycle was ridden by Fiery Faulkner who earned his nickname when he rode this bi...

Creator:      Griffiths
Place:          19 Ngata Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1929

Fred Griffiths

A photo of Fred Griffiths at home at 19 Ngata Street in circa 1926. The motorcycle he is straddling is a circa 1907-1909 Mountaineer, with a 275cc Moto Reve engine.

Creator:      Griffiths
Place:          19 Ngata Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1926

Man on Motorcycle, "The Bradbury"

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

Men on Motorcyles [Plate Damaged]

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

Clearing a slip on the Manawatu Gorge Road

A group of men work on a slip consisting of boulders and gravel almost covering the width of the road. The Manawatu River is running very high.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1933

Family on Motorcycle and Sidecar [Print Damaged]

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

Syd Jensen

Syd Jensen stands with his Triumph GP and a KTT Velocette motorcycle, alongside a year's worth of trophies, shields and banners from the 1949 racing season. Syd Jensen was a very successful pilot, aircraft builder, businessman, engineer, racing ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Andrews Collection: Mrs R Andrews and Ray Harding on Motorcycle

This small photograph album belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph bears the caption, "Ray Harding and Me". The motorcycle bears the plate "8 470".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 22, 1928

Man on Motorcycle, "The Bradbury"

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

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