This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on the 1st of May 1971.
"Two thousand people sat and stood in front of the Palmerston North Clock Tower last night and sang “We Shall Live in Peace” as th...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: May 1, 1971
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.
"The Bainesse School reecntly [sic] celebrated their jubilee with a cabaret, roll call, church service and parade of floats. Three hundred old pupils...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Bainesse
Date: August 1963
This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.
"The Bainesse School reecntly [sic] celebrated their jubilee with a cabaret, roll call, church service and parade of floats. ...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Bainesse
Date: August 1963
This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.
Caption: “Photorama recently had a look behind the scenes at the Transportation department and now shows you some of the things a Traffic Officer do...
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Palmerston North
Date: July 1960
This photograph shows a view of the Square from the corner of Main Street East to Fitzherbert Street (now Fitzherbert Avenue). It shows a few pedestrians enjoying the broad streets of the early Square and the Square Gardens. Five men are working o...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1906
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of the Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
People dressed in period costume parading down Church Street by the Club Hotel. The 75th Jubilee celebrations were an eight day long series of events. On the afternoon of Wednesday, 19 March 1952, a parade around the square entitled ‘Cavalcade of ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1952
It is thought the people in the carriage are Sir Willoughby and Lady Norrie. Sir Willoughby was the eighth Governor General of New Zealand, serving from December 1952 to July 1957.
Creator: Regal Studios
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1952 to circa 1957
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 first Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Show was held in Palmerston North November 1886, at the Showgrounds, Cuba Street.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Open days were held annually at the Victoria Esplanade. On these occasions, cars were forbidden to drive through the garden during the day.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
This photograph shows the intersection between The Square and Fitzherbert Avenue. The multi-storied building on the left side is an apartment block. The red and white building is the Fisherman's Table restaurant.
Creator: Graeme Liggins
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 2002
This photograph is of the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square. The Hopwood Clock Tower is visible on the far right of the image and the building that once housed the Public Library the Public Library is on the far left. This building is now...
Creator: R E Clevely
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1966
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of The Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
This postcard shows the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square, looking towards Church Street East. In the foreground is the Occidental Hotel. It was originally built in 1881 and burnt down in 1891. After being rebuilt, it was again destroyed...
Creator: Tanner Bros
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1925
Open days were held annually at the Victoria Esplanade. On these occasions, cars were forbidden to drive through the garden during the day. This photograph shows some of the crowds who walked through on the day.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
A panorama in three parts of the Manawatu A and P Show of 1915. The first Agricultural and Pastoral Show in Palmerston North was held in 1886, at the Showgrounds.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
The photographer appears to be standing on the balcony of the Commercial Hotel and is looking across the Square gardens towards Rangitikei Street. The Clarendon Hotel (far left) stands on the western corner white the large wooden Royal Hotel stand...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This image from around 1906 shows pedestrians walking on the roads through the square and railway workers working on the train tracks that once ran through the Square. The buildings, from left, are: The Occidental Hotel (built 1887) was extended w...
Creator: F T Series, no 735
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1906
This photograph came from a small photograph album that belonged to Mrs R Andrews of Rangitikei House. This photograph has no caption. This is the same baby as pictured in 2014P_AndrewsS1_010061.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1928
A view of the Mangahao School Jubilee.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1946
This photograph is one of four views of Church Street taken by Alf Taylor in the 1950s. This view looks over The Lakelet to the shops that are on Church Street West.
Creator: A Taylor
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1950
This photograph is of the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square. The Hopwood Clock Tower is visible on the far right of the image and the building that once housed the Public Library the Public Library is on the far left. This building is now...
Creator: R E Clevely
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1966
This composite panorama was published in the Auckland Weekly News on 23 June 1904. The realism of the panorama is marred by the presence of the same children on both sides of the frame.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904
The Indian troops of the British Imperial Army toured New Zealand and visited Palmerston North for a short time. The train stopped in the centre of The Square, the troops disembarked, performed some displays and them re-embarked on the train. For ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: February 24, 1901
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: Unknown
Date: circa 1915
This photograph is of the corner of Rangitikei Street and The Square. The Hopwood Clock Tower is visible on the far right of the image and the building that once housed the Public Library the Public Library is on the far left. This building is now...
Creator: R E Clevely
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1966
This photograph shows The Square from Rangitikei Street through to Fitzherbert Avenue. Notice the three rows of railway lines and the absence of high rise office buildings.
Creator: Colin Rush
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1961
The PDC, established 1915, built this complex in 1929-1930. The site of the PDC is now occupied by The Plaza shopping centre. On the left is Watson Bros Ltd, established 1910, who sold out to Manawatu TV and Sound Service in 1983.
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
From left: Emily Hill; Edith Mechen; Ede Leyland (nee Mechen), daughter of Edith, walking along an unidentified street in Palmerston North. Emily Hill and Edith Mechen were sisters.
Creator: Mechen Family
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1930s