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 is Mr. M. Koehler with a power saw removing the branches. The tractor is being operated by Mr. H. Hunt."
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 are (from the left): Back row, R. Blackwell, F. Greenhalgh (coach), C. Brooks, J. Morgan, M. Kear, L. Klee, A. Lockwood; front row, D. Kempson, A. Koehler, D. Pearce, D. Pritchard, S. Taylor, M. Culpan and C. Mann."
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; (possibly) Mr Manson; unknown; unknown; unknown.
In 2023, a member of the Barr family advised that they believe the gentleman in middle front row is Mr David Barr. (Original contributor provided information that he was possibly Mr Manson).
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 Hodgens, A E Mansford, W R Hopcroft, E H Smith
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 river looped near the top of the photo, its banks being marked by a line of trees. Palmerston North is in the background with the Ruamahanga Crescent / gold course area also underwater. See ‘A Time of Transition’ by Val Burr, page 29.
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 Koehler (child); Augusta Koehler, Mrs Anton Koehler; Richard Koehler – baby; Kristine Koehler, Mrs G E V 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 for Richter and Nannestad’s sawmill and as a librarian for a time. In 1894 he bought land in Terrace End, which he mainly dairy farmed and supplied milk to the town for many years. He married Krisitine Berthlesen in 1887. When he died he left a widow and two sons, two daughters (Mrs J Blaremberg and Mrs J Chandler) and a grand daughter (Mrs D Slowey).
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.
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, R A Brace (Captain), E A South, L C Pickering. Front row: L J Burke, L C Kerr.
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 was built in 1906 on the site of the Provincial Hotel. It remains on the same site and is now in operation as a cafe.
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 Napier Road) and Grandparents of Mrs J. E. Chandler.
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.
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.
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; Mrs. Moore; Eda Koehler; Unknown; Unknown.Second Row; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; (some are the Misses Linton); Stanton (?); Mrs. Mansford; Dury; Unknown.Front Row; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Unknown; Mr. Ali Mansford; Max Kuhtze; Unknown;.
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.
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).
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, H Bett, B Hardie. Front row: C Aicheson, J Nash, N Nielsen, J Barnard, G Perrin, W West, Unknown
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, Gilchrist. Front row: E Lane, A Robbie, Birchley, L Bunn, A Fox, V Lunn, J Bennett, H Bennett, K Pearson.
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 from right, with a white shirt.
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 Tonkin; W T Penny. Second Row: P S Larcomb; Mrs Paton; C G Swallow, Hon. Secretary; Miss Wilson; M Cohen, Esq., Conductor; C L Mowlem, Leader; Mrs Lovelock; J Carter; Miss Hankin. First Row: C E Bell; W Inkpen; E J Werry; Grete Jespersen; J L Davies; R Burnett; F Piper.
Unidentified man looking across G W Koehler’s Napier Road farm towards Fitzherbert.
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 Koehler, Eric Jespersen, Cliff Mowlem, P.S. Larcomb, Miss Stallard, Miss C. Ganstad, Miss Warol, Wesley Woolhouse, Frank Whittington, Frank Litchfield, Walter Leet, A. J. Graham, Bill Pitham.
2nd Row: Jack Wingate, Jim Brophy, Alfred Drew, Maurice Cohen (Conductor), Tim Kitchen, H. E. Gunter, F. Chisholm, Chas. Pickering, Hector Swallow.
Front Row: Arthur Browning, Vera Graham, Unknown, Miss Ellis, Baby Gunter, Bill Inkpen.
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.
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.
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. Previously girls and boys were educated together at Palmerston North High School.
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. He was followed by D.H. Guthrie, C.H. von Blaremberg and T F Fairbrother (by 1893). In 1885 it moved to its present location on the thoroughfare then known as Terrace Street, but which was subsequently renamed after being incorporated into Ruahine Street in c.1926. Several new buildings were constructed between 1927 and 1960. The print has the following information: Identified are - Mr Fairbrother (left), Mrs Finn (right) and Eda Koehler (far right, back row)