This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 December 1960 "Christmas shoppers are becoming more evident this week. Large crowds, mostly women, appear to be making last-minute attempts to buy presents. This phot...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Rangitikei Strret and the Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry. Featured is the Bank of New Zealand (on the corner of Rangitikei Street and Broadway) and Manawatu Patriotic Society building on the corner of the...

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square
Date:          1914 to 1918

This image is believed to have been taken by Palmerston North Engineer Frank (Frances Leslie) Berry.

The Bank of New Zealand was built on the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square (1914-1915), on the site of the old Royal Hotel.

Creator:      Berry Family
Place:          Corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square
Date:          1910s

Argosy Studio (Argosy Industrial Photos) was a photography business owned and operated between 1950 and 1980 by Joe Greening (formerly employed by Elmar Studios). Originally located in Broadway, Argosy later moved to Cuba Street on the corner with...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Main Street East, The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          November 25, 1975

This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. It was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. It was originally built with a clock tower but this was removed in 1942 for safe...

Creator:      Joe Greening (Argosy Studios/Argosy Industrial Photos)
Place:          Corner of Main Street East and The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          November 25, 1975

The junction of Duke Street (now Princess Street) and Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) is in the foreground of this colour postcard. The large house on the left stands on the site of the present "Princeway Buildings", on the corner of Princess S...

Creator:      G H Bennett and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The $40,000 Coleman Mall redevelopment was opened on 27 July 1973 by the Mayor of Palmerston North, Mr B.G.C. Elwood. The work was done by Palmerston North City Council workmen except for the asphalting of the parking and pedestrian areas. This vi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Coleman Mall, Palmerston North
Date:          1973

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [A large conifer tree, growing in Main Street in Foxton township. Pedestrians and parked cars can be seen.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of a street with pedestrians in Taihape.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Taihape
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of a street with pedestrians in Taihape.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Taihape
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of Post & Telegraph Office with pedestrians crossing in front and a truck stopped at the crossing.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Levin
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of a street with pedestrians in Taihape, next to the war memorial. The Gretna can be seen in the background. Cars are angl...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Taihape
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965. [Image of a Sanson Street where people are standing outside the food market, next to the Post Office.]

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Sanson
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24th December 1965 "Seasons Greetings." [Image of a street with pedestrians in Taihape, next to the war memorial. The Gretna can be seen in the background. Cars are angl...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Taihape
Date:          December 22, 1965

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 August 1960 "Sunday's brilliant spring sunshine brought the greater majority of Palmerston North residents out of doors, and there was no doubt that the Esplanade was...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

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

A building under construction in 1935 for Leary’s Pharmacies Ltd, to replace the original building built by Richard Leary in 1885. Richard Leary established his business in 1875 and continued in business until his death in 1901. A J Graham, an emp...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          1935

Designed by J Charlesworth and built by J Trevor and Son in 1905, this building served as the Chief Post Office until 1988 when new premises were opened in Princess Street. It is now a café / restaurant. In 1942, the clock tower was weakened by th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

This photograph is taken from outside the Palmerston North Railway Station. The Railway Hotel, proprietor John Hurley, taken over by William Owen in 1914, and Cafe De Paris Hotel are opposite. The Post Office, on the corner of Main Street East and...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1913

The Bank of New Zealand was first built in the Square in 1878 and in 1902 a concrete building was erected, this being remodeled in 1909. In 1915, the BNZ moved to the corner of Rangitikei Street and the Square and in 1954 a branch was set up in th...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1962

This buildings are occupied by the following businesses (from left): [1] Walsh's Boarding House - formerly Richard Leary's chemist shop and subsequently the Star and Provincial Hotel. Occupied section 677, now the site of a pizza shop (Roma's). [2...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

This photograph shows the corner of Broadway and The Square. The buildings on Broadway, the right are: The Bank of Australia; Temperance and General Mutual Life Society (T&G) Building; Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) Building, with the s...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

This photograph shows the stretch of pavement outside the Chief Post Office on Main Street East. This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. The original 1906 building was extended towards Broadway and up Mai...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The Palace Theatre was built in 1915 on the site once occupied by the Manawatu Stables. The Palace continued operation until 9 February 1935 when the theatre was badly gutted by fire. It was not until 1936 that the theatre reopened after exte...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1920

This photograph shows the section of The Square next to Broadway Avenue. From left: The New Zealand Clothing Factory; ?; "Boots and Shoes" - a store belong either to Samuel Thacker or Justin Moran; Watchorn Ltd; Gerrands (watchmakers); Dustin's Lt...

Creator:      L Martin
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The building on the left was constructed as the Colonial Bank in c1892. It was used as a Public Library 1900-1905 before being converted into the administration building of the Palmerston North Borough Council. All Saints was the second on the sit...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

The white building on the corner of Main Street East and The Square is the Post Office (the clock tower was removed after an earthquake in 1941). Directly in front is the PDC (Premiere Drapery Company, now the Plaza).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Probably taken from the C M Ross department store, looking down one side of The Square, past Rangitikei Street corner, to Broadway. The larger whitish building near centre is the former Bank of New Zealand. the other tall whiteish building at righ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

The gun in the Square was placed there in May 1909. The Lakelet built in October 1909 is not in this photograph. The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 and the Daily Times newspaper was at this site from 1890s to 1913. The Daily Times newspaper on Chur...

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1909

The photograph looks from the corner of Rangitikei Street down along Broadway. The building on the left is the former Bank of New Zealand building which was demolished for a new BNZ. The building with a clock tower is the Australasian Temperance a...

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940