This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on unknown date. Unidentified seamstresses at unidentified workplace.

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 7, 1959

Three women sit behind sewing machines at the Libertyland Factory in Palmerston North. R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear manufacturing, a small factory was...

Creator:      Clarice Parlane
Place:          Corner of Tremaine and Roy Street
Date:          1950s

A home appliance display at Garners Store. Garners began in The Square, Palmerston North 7 February 1906 with a small drapery business. Three years later Miss M M Garner went into business with her brothers and they became “Garner and Garner'. In ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Between Main Street and Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1959

Charles Dahl's factory, manufacturing ropes, tents, horse covers, tarpaulins, oilskin clothing and shirts, was situated in Main Street east, between The Square and Princess Street, on part Section 15. Charles Dahl (4th from right) set up a tent m...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1896