This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry. It shows a small child ignoring the sign to keep off the grass, compelled to view the Butterfly lakelet up close.

Visible in the background is t...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square
Date:          1916 to 1918

This postcard is addressed to the Blarambergs from A W Koehlev and dated 12/2/1914. The photograph must have been taken before this date because the Lakelet is missing - it was added in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. The three-storeyed building ...

Creator:      Wilson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907

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

Postcard taken from Church Street, looking across the Lakelet to the Post Office on the corner of Main Street.

Creator:      Tanner Brothers
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1910 to 1915

This postcard shows The Square as it was around 1915.

Creator:      Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date:          circa 1915

A view of Palmerston North city from the Manawatū Observatory, located at the top of the Anzac Park lookout on Cliff Road (Pork Chop Hill).

Creator:      Christina Winitana
Date:          January 11, 2017

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