Joan Klee is dressed in an outfit she created for the Palmerston North Diamond Jubilee Parade. It caused quite the stir at the time because of its transparent bottom half. She was a window-dresser for the department store Collinson and Cunninghame...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1937

This photograph shows the C M Ross Co building with Christmas decorations. C M Ross, or Roscos, was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. This building was constructed in 1927-1928 to replace a number of buildings on The Squar...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

G.W. Shailer's cherry orchard in Skandia Street, covered in netting. After working as a photographer in Palmerston North, George Shailer retired to land in Hokowhitu, where he developed an orchard and became interested in inventions, patenting sev...

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1900 to 1910

Joan Klee (middle) is dressed in an outfit she created for a Palmerston North Diamond Jubilee Parade. It caused quite the stir at the time because of its transparent bottom half. She was a window-dresser for the department store Collinson and Cunn...

Creator:      
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1937

Postcard looking across the rose gardens in The Square to the buildings of Church Street East. Pegden's furniture was established in 1882 by Messrs Simmonds and Pegden, and the building shown in the postcard opened in July 1900. The Crown Studio's...

Creator:      Tanner Bros
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1920

Joan Klee (middle) is dressed in an outfit she created for a Palmerston North Diamond Jubilee Parade. It caused quite the stir at the time because of its transparent bottom half. She was a window-dresser for the department store Collinson and Cunn...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1937

The Lakelet was constructed and developed by the Beautifying Society in October 1909. It is shaped in the form of a butterfly, with the bridge across the serving as the body. It is also referred to as the Butterfly Lake.

Creator:      G R Kay
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

These unidentified young women are wearing marching band uniforms. The woman on the far right has the word 'Elmar' written on her cap. See also 2013G_ELMAR-B5_006957.

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