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Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s

Child Brothers was a carrier and fuel merchant. It was established in 1919 by Mr E G Child and his sons, W J and E W H Child. In the 1920s it also opened up a metal crushing depot and plant in Albert Street. Their head office was in George Street.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1947

Looking west to the Mangaone Stream workmen lay a concrete road on Rangitikei Line, near the corner of Boundary Road (now Tremaine Avenue). The railway now passes through the centre of this site and the concrete road has been replaced by the appro...

Creator:      Charles Allen
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1917

A corner of Child Bros workshop. Spanners and charts for the use of mechanics can be readily identified in this photograph.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Laying gas mains in Russell Street, approximately opposite the then Willard Home (Children's Home) are C A (Charlie) Dawick, son of Samuel Dawick, and, standing far right, Bill Smith. Others unknown.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910