This image of Joyce Una Baker is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hospi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1957

This image of Joyce Una Baker is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hospi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Ruahine Street and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1957

This image of a "baby trolley" is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hosp...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1957

This image of a Christmas party is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hos...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Date:          1957 to 1958

This image of nurses is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hospital for m...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Date:          1957

This image of nurses outside the Rostrata Maternity Home is from a series of slides that shows life at that private hospital in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as ...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1957 to 1958

This image of a group of people, including two nurses in unform, standing next to what appears to be a private ambulance is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1957 to 1958

This image of nurses is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hospital for m...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Palmerston North
Date:          1957

This image of a group of nurses is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity hos...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1957 to 1958

This image of nurses holding babies is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Date:          1957

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 December 1958: "The nurses of the Palmerston North Hospital entertained the patients by singing carols through the wards on Christmas Eve. Here is a scene of the nurs...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 26, 1958

People dressed in costumes for a theatre production or fancy dress party. Visible are several knights, nuns, friars and ladies.

It is believed to be a photograph of nurses performing a revue at the Opera House 10-11 August 1945, with entertainmen...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 10, 1945

This image of nurses holding babies is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Date:          1957

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 February, 1959. "The arrival of the teenage idol (Johnny Devlin) in Palmerston North this morning caused considerable interest. He was driven from the railway station...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 13, 1959

This paper comes from the Berry Bird Papers, held in the Palmerston North Community Archives. Berenice (Berry) Joubert Bird (1934-2020) was a nurse and leading advocate of infection control inititatives in the New Zealand healthcare system. In Nov...

Creator:      Berenice Bird
Date:          November 18, 1985

Name: Waldegrave

Suburb, Palmerston North Central

This street is named for Mr John James Waldegrave, who owned the land. Mr JJ Waldegrave put through nine chains (chain = 66 feet/20.12 metres) from the Cuba Street end in 1875, D.P. 22, se...

Creator:      Heritage Team, Palmerston North City Library
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2025

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole

p. 5 Mrs (Dr) Martin tracing Margery Martin, the wife of Dr Arthur Anderson Martin / Leanne Croon Hickman

p. 14 Fragments of a year in the life of a Palmerston North business /Jill White

p. 22 A growing...

Creator:      Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          2018

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29th December 1965 "Staff-Nurse Willtshire watches while nine-month-old Karen McDonald (Feilding) tries what teeth she may have on a rubber carrot which was a gift from ...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Hospital, Palmerston North
Date:          December 27, 1965

This paper comes from the Berry Bird Papers, held in the Palmerston North Community Archives. Berenice (Berry) Joubert Bird (1934-2020) was a nurse and leading advocate of infection control inititatives in the New Zealand healthcare system. In Nov...

Creator:      Berenice Bird
Date:          July 24, 1990

This image of nurses holding babies is from a series of slides that shows life at Rostrata Maternity Home in the late 1950s. Situated on the corner of Ruahine and Ferguson Streets, Rostrata was owned by E B Watson who ran it as a private maternity...

Creator:      Joyce Una Baker
Date:          1957

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life story of Ellen Dougherty, first matron of Palmerston North Hospital.

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 28, 2007

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29th December 1965 "The nurses' choir at the Palmerston North Hospital sung carols in the children's ward on Christmas morning, for the children, parents and visitors."

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Hospital, Palmerston North
Date:          December 27, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20th December 1965 "As in past years, the nurses and staff at the Palmerston North Hospital have started the decorating of the windows and wards. This does much to raise...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Hospital, Palmerston North
Date:          December 20, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 July 1961 "For some time now this group of nurses had been busy organising the nurses' annual ball. They are (from left): back row, Misses G. Sandman (treasurer), J. ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 29, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 April 1958, page 8: "Three nurses in town for their Friday morning shopping pause to purchase a poppy each from Mrs. O. Russell."

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 18, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 07 June 1958, page 15: "These nurses who sat their State final examination last week enjoyed a dinner at the Commercial Hotel on Thursday night, after which they proceed...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Main Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          June 7, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1961 "Twenty-nine nurses from the Palmerston North Hospital were presented with their medals at the graduation ceremony in the tutorial hall last evening. They...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 29, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1961 "Twenty-nine nurses from the Palmerston North Hospital were presented with their medals at the graduation ceremony in the tutorial hall last evening. They...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          August 29, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 September 1960 "Seventeen nurses received their State nursing medals at the graduation ceremony held last evening at the Palmerston North Hospital. They were (from th...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          September 6, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 04 December 1958: "The torments of the examinations are over for these nurses of the Palmerston North Hospital, but the waiting for results now begins. The girls sat the...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 4, 1958