Possibly the Oroua team. Sam Hart (?) far right, back row (son Vernon farmed Umutoi between Schools and Pipiti)

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

The Lido, Palmerston North's public swimming baths, was opened in October 1966, to replace the Municipal baths in Ashley Street. This postcard depicts the main outdoor pool as it was in the 1970s.

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Park Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1971

Christian Petersen was an early Mauriceville wood-carrier, and is shown here transporting timber for the new homes of the settlement.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Mauriceville, Wairarapa Region
Date:          circa 1889

His Majesty's Theatre opened on 6 February 1911. Charles Blackbourn, building contractor, is in the black suit on the left, standing on the scaffold. Blackbourn's building firm collapsed during the depression, after which he drove a taxi while his...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1910

The Jones property, on the Karere Road was formerly owned by Ditlev Monrad.

Creator:      Jack Anderson
Place:          Karere Lagoon, Tiakitahuna, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905

Crowds gather for the opening of the new Ashhurst Bridge was opened 9 June 1909 by His Excellency the Governor General. The former bridge was washed away in the 1895 flood. Due to a dispute about the funding of a new bridge, a punt was used to fer...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ashhurst, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1909

A crowd is assembled for the Boxing Day Meeting at the Awapuni Racecourse. The probably photographer is Reginald Thorrold Jaggard. He and his wife were frequent attendees of the races at Awapuni Racecourse.

Creator:      Reginald Thorrold-Jaggard [?]
Place:          Racecourse Road, Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date:          December 26, 1913

The flood waters shown here on Grey Street and unidentified corner.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 13, 1956

The Imperial Troops arrived in Palmerston North by train. After disembarking they paraded at the Showgrounds, where a large crowd watched.

Creator:      H Billens and Co.
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          1900

The photographer is standing on the corner of Queen Street, looking towards Cuba Street and The Square. On the left of the photograph can be seen the two-storey, brick building occupied by Dawick's Buffet, now the Royal Tavern. On the corner of K...

Creator:      John Halford Perrin
Place:          Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1905

The building in Aorangi Street through to Stafford Street was completed in February 1957. The centre housed a large auditorium and catered for a wide variety of indoor sports. In 1954 a Queen Carnival was held to help raise funds, and this, combin...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          84 Aorangi Street, Feilding, Manawatu
Date:          February 1981

Culling's General Store once served as Post Office and Telephone Exchange for the Pohangina Area. It was later used as a hay barn.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Pohangina, Manawatu
Date:          1975

This rail crash occurred two km from the Palmerston North Railway Station on the run to Wellington. The only injuries sustained were those of the driver Mr Mayo while the seven passengers and Wally Wallbutton escaped unscathed. Railways General Ma...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Line, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The Honourable F. Jones, Postmaster General, cuts the ribbon at the inauguration of the first commercial air service between Palmerston North and Dunedin, watched by a large crowd. The ceremony took place at Milson Aerodrome, Palmerston North. The...

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          January 15, 1936

Shown here is a function conducted by the Manawatu Board of Control regarding the widening and straightening of the Manawatu Gorge. Mr J.A. Nash is speaking and immediately in front of him is Hon. J.G. Coates, Minister of Public Works.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Hawkes Bay Region
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1923

The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest built in New Zealand, in 1907. Workers stand beside two gas engines which drove the scutching machines at the mill.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1907

This photograph shows the main entrance to Palmerston North Boys' High School in Featherston Street in the late 1930s. The school opened in 1902. The original school burnt down in 1910 and was replaced by a brick structure.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

This threshing mill, owned by the Matthews Brothers of Mt Stewart, got out of control when it was on its way to thresh some crops on Mr John Young’s farm, Mt Biggs Road. The damaged engine was hauled up the hill by two traction engines using wire...

Creator:      W J Young, Mount Stewart
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1910

Armistice Day celebrated the end of World War One, and remembered those members of the armed forces who were killed during World War One. In Rongotea 8oo people joined a torchlight pardeThis parade is passing the Town Hall on its way through the t...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          November 1918

Town Clerks, from left: L.F. Foote (Bluff); N.C. Harding (Hastings); J.R. Hardie (Palmerston North); C.R. White (Wanganui).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Hawkes Bay Region
Date:          circa 1940

This photograph shows the southern most span of the second Fitzherbert Bridge under construction. This bridge was in use until 1986 when the third Fitzherbert Bridge, still in use today, was constructed due to increasing traffic constraints.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North
Date:          1933 to 1935

The Palmerston North Volunteer Fire Brigade Service was first set up in 1877, running until 1879. It was re-established in 1883. From left, Top row: Firemen J Richardson, E Humphries; Messenger J Kelly; Firemen E Hitchings; H H Hutchinson; W I Hal...

Creator:      Bunting Studio
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1901

Engine sheds on the left (backing on to West Street). A Four-Square supermarket is on the right. This photograph is part of a series shot from a moving train. See also 2014N_St47_008750, 2014N_St47_008751 and 2014N_St47_008752.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1964

A picnic held for the Watchorn general store, at Pohangina Reserve, On this occasion tables were set out inside.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1935

This postcard looks from Main Street East to Church Street. The building second from left is the United Farmers' Cooperative Association, which occupied the building from 1895-1908. Millar and Giorgi's building was opened in 1902. The second build...

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1907 to 1908

This photograph is one of the earliest aerial views of Palmerston North. The Square can be seen in the centre of the photograph, with the railway yards just beyond The Square. the Manawatu River is at the top of the photograph.

Creator:      Bert Hobday - Rona Studios, Feilding
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1920

This building was Palmerston North’s fourth Post Office, operating from 1906-1988. It was extended towards Broadway and up Main Street in the early 1920s and in 1937. It was originally built with a clock tower but this was removed in 1942 for safe...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1982

Women staff work machinery used in the manufacture of knitted goods. The Manawatu Knitting Mills' Ltd, founded by John Stubbs c1888, was situated in Main Street, Palmerston North.

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1939

The A & P Association was set up in Palmerston North in 1886, and the first show held that year.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1913

An Army truck ploughs through the raging flood waters covering Napier Road, at the James Line intersection, during the January 1953 flood.

See ‘A Time of Transition’ by Val Burr, page 86.

See Also: Ian Matheson City Archive Research File ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Whakarongo
Date:          1953