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
These images are part of the Frank Goldingham collection and were possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third quarter of 1960. Selections may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Place: Aokautere
Date: July 1960
Pink and blue triangles were painted on Main Street and George Street July 2018 as part of a traffic calming initiative.
Creator: Keegan Aplin-Thane
Place: Main and George Street, Palmerston North
Date: July 21, 2018
The Upper Manawatu Bridge taken at the Woodville end of the Manawatu Gorge Walk. Taken on 15 July 2017 while the Gorge Road was closed due to a large slip and 1 day after a large southern storm had passed over the country. Gorge Road has now been ...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Place: Manawatu Gorge
Date: July 15, 2017
This early photograph of Ferguson Street was taken between Albert Street and Victoria Street, looking towards Fitzherbert Avenue. Ferguson Street was named after Alexander Ferguson, Mayor of Palmerston North 1885-86, and a Borough Councillor 1878-...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1896
Flooding of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research land, close to the Manawatu River, opposite Massey University. The small bridge to the left of the car is over the Tiritea Stream.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tennent Drive, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
This is the second Fitzherbert Bridge over the Manawatu River, opened in 1935. It replaced the first bridge built in 1877. This bridge was replaced in 1988.
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date: 1940
The Ballance River bridge at the eastern end of the Manawatu Gorge was designed by James Fulton and opened by the Premier, Richard John Seddon in 1904. The bridge was built using a double intersection Pratt truss with a small version at the south ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: State Highway 3, Woodville
Date: circa 1909
Levin is situated in Southern Manawatu and the largest town in the Horowhenua District. It was still in bush in the 1880s and began to develop with the establishment of the Prouse Brothers second sawmill at Weraroa in the 1890s.
Creator: J W Thompson
Place: Oxford Street, Levin, Horowhenua Region
Date: 1913
This photograph was taken on the corner of Botanical Road and Pioneer Highway and looks northeast along where the rail lines used to run. In the distance can be seen Higgins crane that was working on installing the new big storm water culvert pipes.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of Botanical Road and Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: 1969
This photograh, taken from near the Grey Street intersection, shows the high rise buildings of the Royal Sun Alliance, State Insurance and Barraud and Abraham buildings, looking down to The Square.
Creator: Ian Matheson
Place: Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 21, 1998
This photograph includes (from right): the Occidental Hotel (on the corner Fitzherbert Street); Fred Chatch (importer); the "British Restaurant"; unidentified building; unidentified ironmongers; unidentified building; unidentified butchers; C M Sn...
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1880 to circa 1899
Taken from outside what was then the PDC department store (now The Plaza), looking down the Church Street side of The Square. The building in the background centre is the Grand Hotel building (now offices and ground floor shops) and the CAB to the...
Creator: Alf or Merlyn Drew
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
Taken from outside what was then the PDC department store (now The Plaza), looking along The Square to Broadway.
The photograph was taken by Alf and Merlyn Drew, to test equipment for their business, Photo Instruments Limited which operated at 5...
Creator: Alf or Merlyn Drew
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1970s
This photograph shows the extent of the damage to the bridge caused by the collapse of two spans following scouring of the bridge foundations in a flood. The collapse occurred on the 15th of June 1973.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Bulls
Date: June 1973
Egg shaped roundabout at the intersection of George and Cuba Streets.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of George and Cuba Streets, Palmerston North
Date: November 17, 1982
The newly completed Fitzherbert Bridge, built 1933 - 1935. It replaced the original bridge across the Manawatu River, to Fitzherbert, built in 1877. This bridge was replaced by a new bridge in 1987.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date: 1935
Part of a series of photographs showing the widening of the Gorge, c. 1920s.
Creator: Gilmour Family
Place: State Highway 3
Date: 1920
Part of a series of photographs showing the widening of the Gorge, c. 1920s.
Creator: Gilmour Family
Place: State Highway 3
Date: 1920
Construction of the Centennial Drive, along the southern bank of the Hokowhitu Lagoon cost ₤115 and was undertaken by Earthworks Limited. This photograph looks north-east towards Fitzherbert Terrace.
Creator: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1941
Bunnythorpe was part of the original Manchester Block. The first settlers arrived in 1875.
Creator: R E Clevely
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1959
A view of the road leading up to Arapete workmen's camp. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being delay...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mangahao Road Shannon
Date: circa 1920
Main Street in Levin is now known as Oxford Street. Levin is situated in southern Manawatu, North Island, and is the largest town in the Horowhenua District.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1915
This photograph shows the portion of the Square from the corner of Main Street West to Coleman Place. It includes the Commercial Hotel; a building that possibly houses a carpentry shop; Hendersons (chemist); the Commercial Building with several re...
Creator: Charlie Trollope
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1927
This view looks north-west from the Fitzherbert Terrace. This wooden bridge was built in 1887 and replaced in 1935.
Creator: G F Framjee
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
Photograph showing the Manawatu River as shot from the Upper Manawatu Gorge Bridge near Woodville. Taken on 15 July 2017 while the Gorge Road was closed due to a large slip and 1 day after a large southern storm had passed over the country. The Go...
Creator: Evan Greensides
Date: July 15, 2017
This image shows the portion of the Square from the corner of Rangitikei Street to Coleman Place. It includes the Clarendon Hotel; Duncalf's Boot Store (below) and GC Petersen Solictor (above); C G Swallows; Edwards Open Warehouse (hardware mercha...
Creator: Charlie Trollope
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1927
This photograph shows the section of the Square from the corner of Rangitikei Street to the beginning of Coleman Place. Included in the Clarendon Hotel on the corner; Lyon's Hairdresser, Tobacconist and Billiard Room; W Knox Boot Depot; J Williams...
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1891 to circa 1892
The building on the far left is the Star Hotel (Henley & Creaven proprietors), situated on the corner of Church Street West (on the site now occupied by the Grand Beer Cafe - formerly the Grand Hotel). This hotel was subsequently renamed the Provi...
Creator: George W Shailer
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1893
The photograph was taken on Opawe Road, about one mile from the junction with Pohangina Valley East Road. The photograph is one of a series showing the supply of railway sleepers. The sleepers were cut from Crown Land (part of the Totara Reserve) ...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Pohangina Valley
Date: circa 1904