A colour newspaper supplement, from the Manawatu Daily Times, put out by Ross and Sandford's 'Bon Marche' drapery store. Shows drawings of local Palmerston North businesses and scenes. The Bon Marche was the fore runner of the C M Ross department ...
Creator: Ross and Sandford
Date: circa 1896
Window displays formed part of the celebration and festivities to mark the end of World War Two.
The Manawatū Evening Standard reported on 15 August 1945: "One of the features of the hour was a magnificent window display by the C. M. Ross Coy. ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 1945
In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 for the construction of a clock tower, to house the clock and chimes removed from the Post Office after the 1942 earthquake. It was completed in 1957. Originally it included a soun...
Creator: New Zealand Post Office
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1967
A cross was first affixed to the top of the Clock Tower in The Square, Palmerston North, in December 1960. Although intended to be temporary it became permanant. In 1981 local Christians paid for a new, permanant cross, with the Palmerston North C...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: June 2, 1981
At 6.30am, 26 March 2006, a gust of wind felled the controversial cross on the top of Palmerston North's clock tower. In 1981 a permanant cross was erected by the Palmerston North City Council, relacing the temporary cross erected each Christmas. ...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 27, 2006
A call by the Palmerston North City Council for suggestions for Clock Tower enhancements, resulted in six 'comic' ideas from cartoonist Fin, for the Manawatu Evening Standard.
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 22, 2001
The article discusses the Palmerston North City Council's proposal to create a 'civic courtyard' doubling as a marae outside the Civic Administration Building in The Square. This would involve the removal of the sound shell from the base of the Cl...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: August 17, 1989
The City Library was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co. Ltd department store, in The Square in 1928. This window on the third floor, overlooking The Square, was from the original building and was retained when renovating the building as a ...
Creator: PNCC
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
The lakelet was constructed in The Square, Palmerston North, in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes removed from the Po...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1971
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Palmerston North 7 January 1954 as part of their New Zealand Tour. A Civic Dinner was held for them at the C M Ross Department store tearooms, before their departure the following day. From left...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 7, 1954
A civic dinner, held in the C M Ross department store tearooms, was arranged for Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and invited dignitaries. The Queen and her husband visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
The building was decorated for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, when they visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The Royal Civic dinner was held in the Rosco tearooms on the 2nd floor. C M Ross Co. Ltd ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
The Arthur Barnett department store, was bought by the Palmerston North City Council in 1992 and converted into the new City Library, opening 1996. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, in 1928. It was su...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1990 to circa 1999
Poster advertising Christmas, created by Allan Smith while working in the Display Department of Milne and Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become Disp...
Creator: Allan Smith - Milne and Choyce
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1960 to 1966
A dinner was held in the C M Ross tearooms for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of their visit to Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. This photograph is taken from behind the Royal chairs, designed and bu...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
A dinner was held in the C M Ross tearooms for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of their visit to Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The waitresses for the dinner were dressed in white uniforms. From lef...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
A letter written on behalf of the Royal Visit Committee acknowledging the loan of silver to be used at the Royal Dinner, on the occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal couple visited Palmerst...
Creator: J R Hardie - Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North
Date: December 14, 1953
A letter written on behalf of the Royal Visit Committee, regarding the loan of silver used at the Royal Dinner on the occasion of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal couple visited Palmerston North 7...
Creator: Geoffrey Tremaine
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 14, 1954
When Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954 a Civic Dinner, organised by the Palmerston North City Council, was held for them in the Rosco's tearooms.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
Shirley Cleland (now Welch) was one of the many women who helped with the floral arrangements for the Royal Civic Dinner, held in the C M Ross tearooms, for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, when they visited Palmerston ...
Creator: Geoffrey Tremaine
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 14, 1954
A dinner was held in the C M Ross tearooms for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of their visit to Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The waitresses for the dinner were dressed in white uniforms. From lef...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
The top table set in readiness for the civic reception for Queen Elizabeth II, held at the C M Ross tearooms. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Palmerston North, as part of their New Zealand tour, 7-8 January 1954. The 'royal table' was...
Creator: Unknown
Date: January 7, 1954
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954, staying overnight at the Grand Hotel. A decorative crown was erected on top of the Band Rotunda, in honour of the visit. Behind the rotunda, th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 1954
A dinner was held in the C M Ross tearooms for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the occasion of their visit to Palmerston North 6-7 January 1954. The waitresses were dressed in white uniforms, and some are pictured o...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: January 6, 1954
Workmen constructing the entrance ramp to the new Palmerston North City Library, which leads from The Square across to George Street. The new City Library was formerly a department store, originally built for C M Ross Co. Ltd in 1928.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Scaffolding is in place on The Square frontage of the new Library. The building was originally built in 1928 as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store.
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Michael Evan...
Creator: New Zealand Government
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1947
Aerial view of the City Library building in the construction phase, looking down onto the George Street section. The building was originally built as the C M Ross department store in 1928, stretching from The Square to George Street. To the right ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North City Library, George Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
An aerial view of the renovations to the former department store that became the City Library. The building was originally constructed as the C M Ross Co Ltd department store, in 1928, and stretched from The Square to George Street. The constructi...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: Palmerston North City Library, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996
Workmen on the first floor of the new City Library building during construction. The building was originally constructed in The Square in 1928, by C M Ross as a department store. It subsequently became the Milne and Choyce, DIC and Arthur Barnett ...
Creator: Palmerston North City Council
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1996