Two figures in naval uniform stand alongside two women dressed in wedding attire. Elmar Studio wedding portraits are usually composed with the bride and groom in the centre of the photograph, flanked on either side by the bridesmaid and groomsman.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

A group of military personnel, with three nurses in uniform. Possibly at Linton Army Camp. See also FM104

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

This voluntary group (later paid) was set up during WWII. The women had to pass First Aid and mechanics' exams, as well as hold a heavy traffic license to enable them to drive ambulances for the Palmerston North Hospital. They also worked for the ...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946

This engineering display was to show Engineering Officers and Senior Officers the capabilities of equipment used by the New Zealand Army. The building of an infantry assault bridge, across the lake at Linton Camp, was part of the display.

Creator:      Manawatu Guardian
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1975

A group of unidentified women serving in World War Two. The WAAC was attached to the army and carried out certain wartime duties.

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

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Crown Studios
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

The presents were packed at the offices of the Manawatu Racing Club, alongside the premises of Reid & Grey Ltd, to be distributed by a number of Father Christmases with the help of local citizens. This was to mark the first Christmas after the end...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          December 25, 1918

Looking down Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North, from the corner of The Square and Broadway, showing Christmas decorations strung across the street. The photograph features the three buildings that comprised Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd, establish...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

The Victoria Esplanade gardens were opened in 1897. The phoenix palms were first planted along Victoria Drive in the late 1930s, although many of them have since been replaced.

Creator:      Massey University
Place:          Palm Drive, Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 2000

Niels and Ragnhild Hansen's newly built house at Whakarongo, situated nearly opposite James Line with the bush line beyond. Niels, an immigrant from Denmark, met and married Ragnihild Gudmudsen in Palmerston North in 1884. They moved to this house...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1895

These flats were designed by Reginald Thorrold Jaggard, a local architect, for Mrs M S Curle in 1938. The flats, on the corner of Rangitikei Street and Wellesbourne Street, stand beside Palmerston North Boys' High School. Plans are held in Ian Mat...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939

In 1952 Palmerston North celebrated 75 years since being proclaimed a Borough. Heading the procession down Cuba Street are four marching drum “Majorettes”. Directly behind them is the Scottish Society Pipe Band, followed in turn by a group of marc...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 1952

The cenotaph, constructed 1926, was unveiled by the Prime Minister of the day Mr J F Coates. The memorial, a copy of one found in Folkstone, England, was for the men who died in the First World War, (WWI) and as such faced north-west towards the b...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also comme...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          February 7, 1926

The float, created by the Palmerston North City Council, is pictured in Cuba Street. A procession of nearly 100 floats took place as one of the highlights of the celebrations of 75 years since the establishment of the Borough of Palmerton North.

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1952

There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. Celebrations began on Saturday and included a display of floats. Shown here is Garners department store float in Cuba Street.

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 15, 1952

Group of unidentified men, a woman and children at the back door of a cottage. The couple on the far right can also be seen in 2010G_Unknown_3559; 2010G_Unknown_3565; 2010G_Unknown_3566. Part of a set of glass negatives found with no information -...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1929

A Presbyterian Bible Class study group at a Manawatu District Committee Girls Easter Camp. From left: Jocelyn Caughley; Unknown; Beverley Newton; Isabel Langford, group leader and teacher at Palmerston North Girls High School; Margaret Robertson; ...

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

Katherine (surname unknown) from Turakina Māori Girls College, who was attending a Presbyterian Bible Class at Terrace End, organised by the Manawatu District Committee.

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

Preparing a meal at the camp held in Terrace End, Palmerston North. From Left: Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Judith Dunlop; Unknown; Beverley Newton; Joy Goodfellow. In front: Carol Cleaver.

Creator:      Elayne Robertson (née Thompson)
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1949

The Manfeild Motor Circuit was built by the Manawatu Car Club Inc. in 1973. It was 3.033km long, with pit and garage areas, and hospitality and toilet facilities for the public. In 1990 the track was extended to international standards. In October...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1970s

These American roller dance champions were in Palmerston North to give a performance at the Waldegrave Skating Rink. They toured the country for two weeks giving performances and seminars.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

Pat and Jan playing in the garden of the Hayes family home at 11 Anderson Street, Palmerston North.

Creator:      Thomas Hayes [?]
Place:          11 Anderson Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1953

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

He hui mō te whakamaumaharatanga o te taenga mai o ngā tauiwi i te tau 1871. I tū te hui i muri i te whakaritenga karakia ki YMCA Stadium. Ko Meihana Durie ko te kaumātua o te iwi Rangitāne me Ngāti Kauwhata. Ko ia hoki e whaikōrero ana. I noh...

Creator:      John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

A photograph of an unidentified banquet from around the time of end of World War Two. The Chinese fought alongside the Allied Forces. The patriotic posters display the likenesses of the leaders of the Allies and read, "Come then... Let us to the t...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Masterton
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

The Square was extensively remodelled for the 1971 centennial celebrations. Additions included a raised flower bed at the Fitzherbert Avenue end and the construction of the Centennial Pavilion.

This photograph was one of four scenes of Palmersto...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1971

A dinner was held in the Produce Hall at the Showgrounds, Palmerston North to celebrate the return of Slesvig to Denmark, followed by entertainment and games for the children, and a concert in the evening. Over 400 Danish settlers and their descen...

Creator:      Anderson's Studio
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          April 14, 1920

The local YMCA Palmerston North Gymnastic Team performing a public formation display. The YMCA formed in Palmerston North in 1905.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1924 to circa 1937