The display window features summer fashions in a beach setting, entitled 'Season in the Sun'. An existng business was reorganised into the PDC in 1915 when bought by James Wallace, and a new 3 storey building was constructed in 1929. The business ...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 1959
A view of the southern side of Te Marae o Hine, The Square. The establishments shown in this photograph include including the PDC department store (Premier Drapery Company Ltd), Pegdens (furniture store), Manawatū Oroua Electric Power Board and Fo...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1946 to 1954
The flags, bunting and decorations on the façade of the PDC department store were probably hung to celebrate and Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953, or for the Royal Visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in January 1954.
The Premier...
Creator: Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Date: 1953 to 1954
The building that housed The Premier Drapery Company was built 1929-1930. The store was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. In 1986 the PDC became part of the PDC Plaza. This was sold in 1988, and then later demolished.
Arg...
Creator: Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1956
This image was likely taken from the Municipal Chambers building, which became known as the ‘Square Edge’ Arts Centre in 1980.
This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's Planning Office. M D (David) Evans was a planning a...
Creator: D. Evans
Place: 47 The Square, Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1971
N.Z. & Empire Industries Week 17th to 22nd November
Free Gift Booklet and Programme of Events No. 4394
From the cover page: "Palmerston North Celebrations to Mark the Rise of Palmerston North to City Status 1930. A Series of Entertaining Events e...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1930
"This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s September 1960 edition but was not published.
Caption: “During the School Holidays one of the attractions for the young vacationers was ‘Pixietown’ which was presented in the P.D.C. tearoom...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: September 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s September 1960 edition but was not published.
Caption: “During the School Holidays one of the attractions for the young vacationers was ‘Pixietown’ which was presented in the P.D.C. tearooms...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: September 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.
Caption: “During the School Holidays one of the attractions for the young vacationers was ‘Pixietown’ which was presented in the P.D.C. tearoom...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: September 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.
Caption: “During the School Holidays one of the attractions for the young vacationers was ‘Pixietown’ which was presented in the P.D.C. tearoom...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: September 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s September 1960 edition but was not published.
Caption: “During the School Holidays one of the attractions for the young vacationers was ‘Pixietown’ which was presented in the P.D.C. tearooms...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: September 1960
Contents:
p. 3 Editorial / Russell Poole
p. 5 Serving the people: work and life at Palmerston North's premier department store / Simon Johnson
p. 17 Awapuni Medical Corps camp and 'the scourge' of 1918 / Leanne Croon Hickman
p. 29 The Methodi...
Creator: Manawatū Historic Journal Associates
Place: Manawatū
Date: 2019
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition but was not published.
Caption: “Photorama recently had a look behind the scenes at the Transportation department and now shows you some of the things a Traffic Officer doe...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine’s July 1960 edition but was not published.
Caption: “Photorama recently had a look behind the scenes at the Transportation department and now shows you some of the things a Traffic Officer doe...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
Ninety-two floats took part at the Palmerston North City Centennial celebrations of 1971. Approx. 10,000 people were present at the event to celebrate 100 years of Palmerston North. Keith Roland Hamblyn was a photographer with the Palmerston North...
Creator: Keith Hamblyn
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 13, 1971
Crowds are admiring a number of vintage fire engines, accompanied by firemen dressed in period uniforms. The P.D.C. and Maple buildings can be seen in the rear of the photograph.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
A view of the Square gardens, including the Maple and P.D.C. Buildings in the background. The large oak opposite the Public Library is turning colours with the change of seasons.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1965?
A combined meeting of the Palmerston North Lunch Club and Rotary Club was held 1 December 1944 in the Premier Drapery Company tearooms to hear R.M. Algie, Member of Parliament for Remuera and Professor of Law at Auckland University, speak about wa...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1944
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1950s
Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. A review of articles from the Manawatū Journal of History, Volume 15 (2019). The journal, published annually, contains articles on the history of the wider Manawatū are...
Creator: Tina White
Place: Manawatū
Date: August 31, 2019
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on July 23 1969 with the caption, "Radio station 2ZA has gone to the moon - or at least they pretended to yesterday. Broadcasting for two hours in the PDC, two of the annou...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of the Square and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1969
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 March, 1959. "The manager of Pegden's furniture store (Mr N. Cleaver) and his assistant (Mr J. Kyne) removing the fragments of glass from the display window which was...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1959-03-26T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 April, 1959. "This could well be the plea of little Karen as her mother, Mrs R. Williams, buys a poppy from Mr R. Yates in the Square this morning. Mr Yates was one ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1959-04-17T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 04 September 1958: "These two children examine the model stratocruiser with wondrous eyes. Anne (right) says to her sister, Margaret Jean Malcolm: "I would like to sit t...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 4, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 August 1958, page 8: "No. 14 Squadron, which returned recently from Malaya, stands at ease before the clock tower in the Square yesterday to hear a welcome home speec...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on July 23 1969 with the caption, "Radio station 2ZA has gone to the moon - or at least they pretended to yesterday. Broadcasting for two hours in the PDC, two of the annou...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 1969
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 August 1958, page 6: "Members of No. 14 Squadron, recently returned from Malaya, paraded in the Square yesterday. Although the weather was dismal it was a poor crowd ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: August 12, 1958
The annual Student procession or 'Procesh' was held at midday on the Monday of 'Capping Week' and was a highlight of 'Town and Gown' relations between Massey University and the City. Sometimes courting controversy with its 'student humour', the pa...
Creator: Keith Roland Hamblyn
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: April 13, 1964
A Palmerston North street view of the Club Hotel on Church Street. The PDC with the Kiwi Bacon Kiwi, can be seen at the right of the picture. The Club Hotel was established in 1882, and these buildings which remains were just some of a number of s...
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
The King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Fountain, also known as the Coronation Monument was built in 1902 to mark the coronation of Edward VII. In 1925, it was combined with another feature of The Square, the concrete fish pond. The monument was m...
Creator: S. A. Free
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1950s