People and their animals

Charlie Wycherley holds the reins for Teressa Childs (nee Wycherley) on the horse.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1930

Mr Thomas Lovejoy is sitting in the front row, second from the right.

Creator:      Ernest Denton
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

A midwife astride her horse in the Apiti District.

Creator:      E G Child
Date:          1890s

Creator:      William James Young
Date:          1900 to 1932

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

Louisa Jane Chapman (‘Louie’ – then aged about 17), youngest daughter of local sheep and dairy farmer William Chapman, perched with cat on the remains of an uprooted tree in the fields behind the family home on the corner of Boundary Road and K...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1909

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 is taken at the entrance to Foxton Reserve and shows the Pohangina Valley East Road in the days when it was little more than a muddy track through the bush. The man on horseback is Mr Ned Enright, who carried mail from Raumai to Pi...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore [?]
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1908

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

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

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

Cows being shown at, possibly, a local show.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

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

Lucy Shailer (1888-1986) with the family dog 'Jumbo'.

Creator:      George W Shailer
Date:          circa 1889

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
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1900 to 1932

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
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1900 to 1932

The children of local sheep and dairy farmer William Chapman outside the family home at 77 Kairanga Road (present day Botanical Road) in Palmerston North. Back row, left to right: Jessie Moore Chapman, John Henry Chapman, unknown guest; Front: Lou...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1915

Mary MacBeth lived at Kimbolton.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

This photograph shows two champion Hereford cows on E Short's Parorangi Stud, Feilding.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1908

This photograph of Joe Marston (left) and George Fitzgerald was probably taken before Joe went off to serve overseas in World War I, in 1915. George also went to war in 1916, and was said to have come back a 'ruined man'.

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Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding
Date:          circa 1915

Palmerston North held its 75th Jubilee Celebrations during the week of 15th March 1952. Shown here is the float decorated by St John. It is a horse-drawn mock castle with people dressed as nuns and knights, with a couple of accompanying knights on...

Creator:      Clarice Parlane
Date:          March 15, 1952

Agricultural Days were a feature of rural schools. Jan entered Lucy, her pet Lamb, in 1967.

Creator:      Joe Sing Candids, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 1967

Refer Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 59.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          169 Fitzherbert East Road, Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date:          1950 to 1953

50 onlookers watched as firefighter Kevin Gardner unsuccessfully attempted a rescue of cat stuck on one spire of All Saint Church. Rather than be caught, the cat leapt off the structure. It was caught by two onlookers, Tony Blyth and Roger Murray,...

Creator:      

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

E ai ki nga korero e tata ana ki Shannon enei wahine. Three women, two in Maori cloaks, said to be at a place near Shannon. To access image please contact us.

Creator:      Unknown
Date:          circa 1895 to circa 1905

Three young "Bush-whackers" of Tiriraukawa, near Taihape. From left: Bill, Jack and Peter Munro, the three sons of Mr Alex Munro, who was a builder in Palmerston North during the 1880s – 1890s.

The three Munro brothers were the children of Alexan...

Creator:      G E Archer, Tiriraukawa
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

For two days and two nights in June 2017, George Street and Coleman Mall were open to Pedestrians only for the Winter Festival, featuring live music, food, fun activities and building-sized projections. The weather was unusually fine and tempted t...

Creator:      Leith Haarhoff for PNCC
Date:          June 30, 2017