The brick morgue was built by the Palmerston North Borough Council in 1904 and was transported from its original site in Church Street (at the rear of the old Opera House) to a new site at Terrace End Cemetery in Napier Road in 1908. The council e...
Creator: Samuel Jickell [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1908
This view shows Mr George Lucas' dwellinghouse (cut into two portions) being shifted from Penny's Line, Mt Stewart, to Awahuri. The traction engine belonged to Mr John Matthews of Mt Stewart and was being driven by his son, Hector. Mr Lucas was th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Penny Road, Awahuri
Date: circa 1920
Mr Eggleton uses his traction engine to move a boiler from Shannon to Mangahao to the new hydro works. It is thought that the boiler was used to pump air into the tunnels being driven into the rock during the construction of the power station.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mangahao, Shannon
Date: circa 1920
Taken in Fergusson Street, Feilding; and the building in the background belonged to Barraud and Abraham, General Merchants and Seeds men.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Fergusson Street, Feilding
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
This photograph shows a burst water main at Harry Palmer's residence on the corner of Lombard and Featherston Streets. Water is being pumped from the trench where the main outlet sewer is being laid.
Creator: N C Nielsen
Place: Corner of Lombard and Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1906
Mr W Egglington’s threshing mill at work on Mr Peter Scheidt’s farm, Dixons Line, Bunnythorpe.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1912
Mr Alex McDonald is driving the tractor and Mr "Snow" Stewart is spraying. They were sealing the reconstructed road between Foxton and Foxton Beach. New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, were the contractors for this job.
Creator: L C Eggers
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: April 1939
Mr Alex McDonald is driving the tractor and Mr "Snow" Stewart is spraying. They were sealing the reconstructed road between Foxton and Foxton Beach.
Creator: L C Eggers
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: April 1939
A traction engine tows a float in the Centennial Parade. 92 floats took part at the Palmerston North City Centennial celebrations of 1971. Approx. 10,000 people were present at the event to celebrate 100 years of Palmerston North.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 1971
Hay being threshed in a paddock on J. H. Gibbs' farm. Facing front at right is Mr J.H. Gibbs. People on horseback are thought to be members of his family.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1890
George Dear and farm workers making hay on his farm at Rongotea. The Dear family homestead stood on Taipo Road, Rongotea.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1900 to 1910
This small portable mill was situated on the east bank of the Pohangina River, just south of the Totara Reserve. It was located between the riverbank and the Pohangina Valley East Road, opposite Cliff Spellman's old farm (later owned by R J Story)...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore [?]
Place: Pohangina Valley
Date: circa 1900
This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...
Creator: William James Young
Date: 1900 to 1932
This photograph shows the assembly of the steam shovel used for building stop banks. Note the hanks of fibre drying in the foreground. This indicates that a flaxmill was operating in the vicinity (perhaps the Tane milling near the Opiki Suspensi...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1920
The traction engine, owned by Mr W Eggleton of Bunnythorpe, is stumping a farm on Stoney Creek Road, near Bunnythorpe. It is possibly the farm of Mr R H James.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Bunnythorpe, Manawatū
Date: 1918
A handwritten note on the back of the original print states that the photograph was taken on Kawakawa Road, Feilding.
Creator: Alf C Morton, Awahuri Road Feilding
Place: Kawakawa Road, Feilding
Date: circa 1915 to circa 1920
This traction engine was owned by Mr John Matthews and is seen cutting timber on his farm, "Burnam", on Stewart's Line, Mt Stewart. The engine is being driven by Hector Matthews, a son of John. The timber was macrocarpa and was used for making gat...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mt Stewart
Date: 1910