The clubrooms were built by the Patriotic Society in 1917 for use as a social club for returned servicemen. In 1918 it was named the "Soldiers Club". By 1929 the ground floor had been remodelled for shops, while the second floor remained the RSA C...
Creator: Elizabeth Creamer
Place: Corner of Cuba Street and George Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1982
The first image in this pair was taken by staff photographer Phil Green, for a story that ran in The Manawatū Evening Standard on 4th September 1974.
"The Duke of Edinburgh pays his last respects with a wreath laid by the RSA's Dominion Presiden...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Place: Wellington
Date: September 4, 1974
This pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Services Association (RSA). Art Deco in design, the pool is shaped to resemble the RSA Badge.
This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's P...
Creator: D. Evans
Place: Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s to 1970s
This pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Services Association (RSA). Art Deco in design, the pool is shaped to resemble the RSA Badge.
This slide was likely created by David Evans of the City Council's P...
Creator: D. Evans
Place: Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s to 1970s
ANZAC Day parade through the Square, lead by the Mayor (Mr. G.M. Rennie) and senior military officers. Return Services Members line the road behind.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
The Manawatū Scottish Society Pipe Band is marching along Cuba Street passing the Māori Battalion Hall, followed by Returned Servicemen, as part of the ANZAC Day commemorative service.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. Cuba and Bourke Streets, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1965
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 16 April 1958, page 11: "Behind the scene preparation for this week's Poppy Day is seen here where voluntary workers of the R.S.A. are seen busily counting out poppies i...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 16, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 08 August 1960 "Some of those who attended the ex-navalmen's annual dinner and smoke concert held on Saturday night are (from the left): Messrs A.E. Haynes, N.L. Calvert...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 April, 1959. "At the R.S.A. Clubrooms last evening a committee comprising members and the women's section were allotted sections of Palmerston North which they will ca...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 9, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 December 1958: "The Palmerston North Return Services Association are packing Christmas parcels for the children of members of the association. The women are selecting...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 5, 1958
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 25 June, 1959. "One of hundreds who registered this morning for the New Zealand Ex-Prisoners of War Associaton's annual conference which opens today in Palmerston North....
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: June 25, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 29 August 1960 "At the weekend, 150 members of the Field Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps, overseas and attached transport units of the 1914-18 War gathered in Palme...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of Cuba and George Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 29, 1960
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 May, 1959. "Members of the Returned Services Association at the R.S.A Ball last evening in the Astoria Ballroom. From left to right: Mrs A. Robson, Mr J. Gibbs, Mrs ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: 54 George Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 30, 1959
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 2nd December 1965 "Mrs. C.R. Carson (left) and Mrs. J McDonald (right), members of the women's section of the Palmerston north R.S.A. assisted by Miss C. Carson were bus...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 2, 1965
A view of the old RSA building, on the corner of Cuba and George Streets. A restaurant and used book store can be seen occupying the building in this picture. The recently finished CML building is visible on the far left of the image.
Creator: Jack Cottam
Place: Cnr. Cuba and George Streets, Palmerston North
Date: 1980?
This pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Services Association. It is of an art deco design, in the shape of the RSA badge.
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1937
This statement of appreciation was presented by the local branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association to the council and citizens of Palmerston North. It marked the twenty-first anniversary of the foundation of the RSA and expressed t...
Creator: New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association
Place: New Zealand
Date: April 28, 1937
Designed by L G West and Son and built in 1917, this building was erected as a soldier's club, for those returning from WWI. It was later occupied by the RSA ( Returned Soldiers' Association). The ground floor was converted to a restaurant in 1970...
Creator: Manawatū Home Educators
Place: 236 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: June 22, 2021
Part of the 'Final Battle Campaign for Sick and Wounded Soldiers' fund raising procession outside the Soldier's Club which was built at the corner of Cuba and George Streets by the Patriotic Society in 1917, later known as Returned Servicemen Ass...
Creator: Allen Studios, Palmerston North
Place: Corner of Cuba Street and George Street
Date: February 1918
Part of the 'Final Battle Campaign for Sick and Wounded Soldiers' fund raising procession outside the Soldier's Club which was built at the corner of Cuba and George Streets by the Patriotic Society in 1917, later known as Returned Servicemen Asso...
Creator: Allen Studios, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: February 1918
People having lunch during COVID-19 alert level 2 at Cuba Cafe on the corner of Cuba Street and George Street. Businesses such as cafes were able to reopen on 14 May, 2020, under the condition that they operated according to the regulations set fo...
Creator: Palmerston North City Library
Place: 236 Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 18, 2020
The Wellington Regiment's returned servicemen's annual church parade. The men assembled in Coleman Place before parading through The Square.
Creator: S C Smith, Wellington
Place: Coleman Place, Palmerston North
Date: April 30, 1933
The Returned Servicemen’s Association of Palmerston North bought the former 'Times' newspaper building on Broadway Avenue in 1965. Renovations resulted in three shops, RSA offices, a lounge, billiard room and a dance/ reception hall. It was open...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 198X
This pool was presented to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Services Association. This photograph shows children enjoying the pool.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1950
These palm trees which were planted in the mid-1930s were designed to line the road into and through the Victoria Esplanade. The Begonia Hothouse can be seen in the background, to the right of the children's paddling pool.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1944
The building, designed by L G West and Son, was constructed as social rooms for the ANZAC Club and Manawatu Patriotic Society, in 1917. The verandah was enclosed in 1920 and 1945. In 1974 it was bought by the PNCC. Currently it is run as shops and...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of George and Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date: February 11, 1982
An address from the Palmerston North Branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association on its 21st anniversary. It is addressed to the "Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of Palmerston North and the citizens of Kairanga County", thanking them for their s...
Creator: Palmerston North Branch of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 28, 1937
Another view of the paddling pool donated to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Servicemen’s Association. The Begonia Hothouse can be seen to the left of the paddling pool.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1944
The former RSA 'Soldiers Club' was built for the Manawatu Patriotic Society and completed in 1917 to a design by L G West & Son. The building was used by the RSA until 1966 when it was sold to a private owner. It now houses retail businesses on th...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner Cuba and George Street, Palmerston North
Date: September 17, 1979
Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The pool was donated to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Servicemen's Association. It is of an art deco ...
Creator: Linotype Services, Palmerston North
Place: Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date: 1937