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Palmerston North Orchestra Society

Top row: L to R: F H Hildreth; E Jespersen; A Wylie; A W Koehler; R H Ramsay; W Proctor; J Loveday; D F Wynks. Third Row: Dr. C W Peach, President; Miss Buchanan; F C Litchfield; Miss Howley; C H Greening; Miss Mackenzie; J Brophy; A J Andrews; A...

Creator:      Lewis Studio Ltd
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1926

Manawatu River in flood

Unidentified man looking across G W Koehler’s Napier Road farm towards Fitzherbert.

Creator:      Ewlow Photo
Place:          From Napier Road, Palmerston North
Date:          November 2, 1928

Palmerston North Orchestral Society

Palmerston North Orchestral Society, 1909.

From left. Back row: Frank Woolhouse, Bill Martin, William Procter, Jimmy Blake, Meyrick, Alf Tonkin, Charlie Pike, Fred Piper, Jim Harwood, Johnny Jones.

3rd Row: Ben Holben, Whittington, Arthur Koehl...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1909

Staff of Manson and Barr Limited

Manson and Barr Ltd were Ironmongers and Implement Importers situated at 17 Rangitikei and Queen Streets. From left: Back row: unknown; unknown; J Cooksley; unknown; Wilson; A W Koehler; O’Sullivan. Front row: unknown; Nita Powell; unknown; (possi...

Creator:      Billens and Co.
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Palmerston North River Board, 1941-1944

Thought to be the last Palmerston North River Board, 1941 – 1944, as from 1945 onward it became known as the Manawatu Catchment Board. Back row, from left: J R Hardie, J T J Heatley, M W Voss, E Fisher, A Lane. Front row, from left: P V Koehler, J...

Creator:      D & E Low, Broadway Studios, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1941 to 1944

Tait - Jamieson Homestead and Cowshed Under Water

The Tait-Jamieson cowshed and homestead at the end of Koehler Road, surrounded by the huge flood of late January 1953. This flood holds the record as the largest on thee Manawatu River since records began [time of statement 1999]. Normally the riv...

Creator:      Auster Air Services
Place:          Whakarongo
Date:          January 28, 1953

St Peters Anglican Church Choir

The first St Peters Anglican Church was built on Ruahine Street, opposite the Broadway Avenue intersection inn 1902. Choristers, from left.Back Row: Porteous; Unknown; Gladys Hudges. Third Row: Charlie Kuhtze; Rhoda Sollitt; Mrs. Porteous; Unknown...

Creator:      Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Terrace End School Cadets

The Terrace End School Cadets were photographed just before traveling to Wellington to see Lord Kitchener, an occasion to which heavy rain thoroughly drenched all the cadets.

Creator:      L Denton
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1909

Postcard of the Grand Hotel in The Square

This postcard is addressed to the Blarambergs from A W Koehlev and dated 12/2/1914. The photograph must have been taken before this date because the Lakelet is missing - it was added in 1909 by the Beautifying Society. The three-storeyed building ...

Creator:      Wilson
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1906 to circa 1907

Mr Anton and Mrs Augusta Koehler

The Koehler's arrived in New Zealand onboard the "Gutenberg" in 1875 and farmed in Palmerston North. Anton is pictured wearing the Iron Cross he won during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. They are the parents of George K. C. Koehler (a farmer in ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

Delivering milk to Joseph Nathan & Co Ltd Cheese Factory, at Bunnythorpe

The farmer on the left is (probably) receiving his share of skim milk after delivering his cans of whole milk to the dried milk factory. The man standing third from right is Mr Alfred Koehler a farmer of Richardson’s Line, Bunnythorpe.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1912

Palmerston North High School Cadets

This photograph shows a group of young men in their cadet uniform. Most of the figures are unidentified. Dick Mayo can be seen fourth from left in the back row and Percy Koehler is fourth from left in the front row.

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1913 to 1914

Koehler Family

George Evald Waldemar Koehler was a sawmill employee and farmer in Palmerston North. Back Row: George Smith; Clara Koehler, later Mrs Matheson; G E V Koehler. Front Row: Hettie, Mrs George Smith; Norman Smith; Anton Koehler; Alfred Koehler; Eda ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1890

George Evald Waldemar Koehler

George Evald Waldemar Koehler (1863-1938) was born in Prussia 31 July 1863 and came to New Zealand c1876 from Brandenburg, Germany with his parents. They first settled in Foxton but 18 months later moved to Palmerston North. Goerge Koehler worked ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1880

Arthur Koehler Stumping on His Farm, Richardson's Line, Bunnythorpe

Arthur Koehler was born in Palmerston North to a German father and Danish mother. In 1917, he is listed on his military record as living and working in Gisborne. He is shown here stumping with a jack.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Bunnythorpe, Manawatū
Date:          1912

Koehler home, 91 Grey Street

Note the ornate iron work on the verandah posts, and the style of the verandah of this Palmerston North house, indicating that it was added after the house itself was built. The photograph shows Mrs Augusta Koehler and her son Alfred (born 1882).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          91 Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1885

High School Old Girls and Old Boys at Showgrounds

High School Old Girls and Boys after a hockey match at the Showgrounds. From left. Back Row: J Grant, V Graham, I Kerslake, G Halwood, J Koehler, ? Ihle. Second Row: F Forsaith, A Anderson, S Bett, V Archer, M West, M Hodder, O Bett, M McKenzie,...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1913

Terrace End School Cadets

A parade at the showgrounds, Palmerston North, in 1905 when the Terrace End School Cadets won a trophy during the competition among the schools. Back row, from left: Mansford, A Koehler, Tremaine, Coults, Gardiner, Unknown, Hudson, Smith, Gilchris...

Creator:      D C Daroux
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Employees of Richter Nannestad and Co's Sawmill, Albert Street

This mill, erected in 1874, was situated on the east side of Albert Street, between Grey Street and Broadway Avenue. It was owned by the three Norwegians - John Richter, Jacob Nannestad and Frits Jenssen. Mr George E V Koehler is standing fifth fr...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1885

"Trees Under Treatment" - Pruning Trees in Fitzherbert Avenue

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 02 July 1958, page 8: "The trees which line Fitzherbert Avenue are undergoing at the moment treatment for dry rot. Here seen standing on a platform provided by tractor i...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          July 2, 1958

Whakarongo Home Guard

Members of the Whakarongo Home Guard, which was set up during World War Two, sitting on the back of a truck and manning a checkpoint on the Ashhurst-Palmerston North road, near Raukawa Road. The man second from right is Arthur Koehler.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940 to 1945

Kristine Koehler (nee Berthlesen)

Kristine was born in Denmark on 11 July 1864. She emigrated to New Zealand aged eighteen and married George Woldemar Koehler in Palmerston North on the 5 May 1887. She is pictured here wearing a handmade dress.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1882

Old Boys Cricket Team (Junior) - Palmerston North Boys' High School

This photograph shows the PNBHS Old Boys' Cricket team pictured with the Oakley Shield, which they won in the 1921-1922 season. Back row, from left: P E Jewell, A G Cresswell, A W Yortt, C J Dench, N L Whitehead. Middle row: P V Koehler, F Corry, ...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1921 to 1922

Palmerston North Girls' High School - Old Girls' Hockey Team

From left: Back - I Walther, M McKenzie, E Secker, J Koehler, F Fowler, D Hopkirk. Front - H Bett, M Permain (Vice-Captain), O Bett (Captain), I McKenzie, M Hopkirk. Absent - H Park.


The school was opened in Fitzherbert Avenue in 1920. Previousl...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1913

"Successful Seventh Grade Soccer Team"

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 07 October 1960 "The College Street school seventh grade Association football team which was successful in winning the grade knock-out tournament are shown above. They a...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-10-07T00:00:00+00:00

Terrace End School Class Photograph

The original Terrace End School was situated in Main Street but its exact locality and original use are not known. Mrs Harvey was the first teacher. In June 1884, the School was moved to Deard's Hall in Main Street and Mr A Matheson was headmaster...

Creator:      Ernest R Whalley
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900