Three young girls in what is thought to be the Esplanade Gardens. The girls are believed to be the photographer's daughters Joan MacKay, Shirley MacKay and Helen MacKay.

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Creator:      John MacKay
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 08 October 1960 "Building a home on your own is quite a task so Mrs. Cade, the mother of Susan (in the pen) and Philip, becomes a carpenter's labourer to help her husban...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:           Palmerston North
Date:          1960-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Pat Hayes (later Eaton) was the Doolan family babysitter. From left: Pat; Raewyn Doolan; Fluff the cat. At the Doolan home in Parata Street.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Parata street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          1953

This is a photograph of Lucy Shailer, born 22 November 1888. She is the daughter of G. W. Shailer of Palmerston North, a well known photographer in the Manawatu at that time. It is possible that her father took this photograph.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1893

From left: Tom, Norman, Davis, Owen, Jack and Allan. Refer to "Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989", p 92 for more information about the Hopcroft family.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

The glass plate of this picture has "Henry" scratched into it. The toddler is possibly the son of Matthew Henry, who established a Stock and Station agency in Palmerston North or the son of Mr Shailer, who took the image.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          unknown

Beryl*, daughter of John Henry and Gertie Chapman, playing outside the home at No 77, Kairanga Road (today’s Botanical Road) of grandparents William and Jane Chapman and aunts Jessie and Aggie, during a visit from Wellington. By the end of 1921...

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1917

Pictured are John and Jennifer Caccia-Birch. They were the eldest children of Anthony Caccia-Birch of Woodhey.Woodhey was the home of the Caccia-Birch family from 1921 until 1941, when the Estate of William Charles Caccia-Birch donated the propert...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          130 Te Awe Awe Street, Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date:          unknown

Sidney Shailer (1909-1995) was a grandson of photographer George Shailer and the son of Arthur (1878-1954) and Alice (nee Somers) Shailer. Arthur ran a nursery in Scandia (Albert) Street, which was continued by Sid.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1912 to circa 1914

John Nairn moved to Palmerston North from the South Island and established Manawatu Wineries after purchasing a block of land in College Street in 1893. He built a system of glass houses, boiler houses and irrigation from the city's first artesian...

Creator:      Attwood and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1896