"In The Square, Palmerston North"
This postcard looks over The Lakelet to the section of The Square between the corners of Fitzherbert Avenue and Church Street West.
Creator: Unknown
Date: circa 1910
The Square looking west from Post Office Clock Tower
This photograph is taken from the Post Office Clock Tower and looks west across the Square to Coleman Place (now Coleman Mall). [1] The Bon Marche Store owned by CM Ross (on the present City Library Site). The Tea Rooms were opened in 1905 in the ...
Creator: Charles Allen
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1910 to 1912
Palmerston North Souvenir Photo Cards - "In the Square"
This image is from a series of souvenir cards that show various locations around Palmerston North. This card shows a view of one of the cannons that once stood in The Square. They were purchased in 1909 by the Palmerston North Borough Council. Bot...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1925 to 1930
Aerial of Central Palmerston North
This aerial photograph shows Broadway and The Square. Note the scaffolding on the top of the T&G Building. This building was completed in 1937. The building to the left of the zebra crossing at the bottom of the frame is the Regent Theatre. The fa...
Creator: The Dominion
Place: Broadway Avenue, King Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
Rainy Day in Church Street West
This photograph shows a rainy view of Church Street West in the 1930s. The three-storey building to the left of the photograph is the Grand Hotel, built 1906.
Creator: Evening Post, Wellington
Place: Corner of Church Street and the Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
Two Boys on One of the Cannons in The Square
This photograph is of two little boys perched on one of the cannons in the Square. The photographer is looking east towards the PDC building (now the Plaza). This gun was installed in 1909 and removed during the 1940s. Cannons were purchased by th...
Creator: Tanner Bros
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Cannon and Lakelet in The Square
Two cannons, surplus to Defence Department requirements, were acquired by the Council and displayed in The Square from 1909-1939. See Research File A175/72/2 in the Ian Matheson City Archives, City Library for more information. The Lakelet was co...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Scenes from Palmeston North, c1936
These pages look like are originally from an album. The pages show: Broadway Avenue, Cherry Blossoms in the Esplanade, Grandstand in the Showgrounds after the 1936 gale, "Wrecked Motor Shed" after the 1936 gale, The Square and The Lakelet.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1936
Lakelet in The Square
People standing on the bridge of the Lakelet, constructed in the south-west quadrant of The Square in 1909. Beyond can be seen Child's Commercial Hotel on the corner of Main Street.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Lakelet and Cannon in the Square
The Lakelet was constructed in October 1909 and the cannon was placed in the Square gardens in April or May of the same year. The buildings that are visible are DM George's drapery business (left), the Occidental Hotel (middle) and the Bank of New...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1920
Square Gardens and Lakelet
This photograph looks across the Lakelet to All Saints Church, which was built in 1914-1915. The Grand Hotel, seen here on the left side of the photograph, was built in 1906. This gun was installed in 1909 and removed during the 1940s. Cannons wer...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
A View of The Square from All Saints Church
This photograph of The Square was probably taken from All Saints Church and looks north. The corner of Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) is centre left. On the far left side is the corner of Main Street East where Palmerston North's fourth Post O...
Creator: G F Framjee
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1909
The Lakelet, The Square
This photographs shows a view of The Lakelet, All Saints Church and the Grand Hotel.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1920 to 1930
Lakelet in The Square
Looking across the lakelet to All Saints Church, which was built in 1914-1915. The pond was constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Square to be developed by the then Beautifying Society. The Lakelet is sha...
Creator: K H Shea
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1939
Lakelet in The Square
The cannon was placed in The Square beside the newly constructed lakelet in 1909. Beyond can be seen the Municipal Office and All Saints Church on Church Street, and the Grand Hotel opposite, on the corner of The Square.
Creator: G F Framjee
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Women Pose on one of the Square Cannons
This photograph is of three nicely dressed ladies in hats and one child perched on one of the cannons in the Square. Cannons were purchased by the Government in 1879 and installed at Fort Ngahauranga overlooking Port Nicholson, Wellington Harbour....
Creator: Madge Child (nee Knight) [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1920 to 1925
The South Corner of The Square
The buildings on Church Street West are: Evening Standard building - Erected after the 1891 fire and was replaced in 1937. The newspaper moved in to this building between 1903-1910; The Council Chambers were housed in the old Colonial Bank of New ...
Creator: A A Pratt
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1909 to 1913
Postcard of the Square
This postcard shows the Manawatu Tea Room, which opened in 1905, the Clarendon Hotel and the old cannon placed in the Square by the City Council in 1909. The view is from the middle of the square (perhaps from the second band rotunda), looking tow...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Lakelet and Cannon in the Square
Titled 'Reflections, Palmerston North', this postcard looks across the lakelet to the newly erected All Saints Church, which was built in 1914-1915. The pond was constructed in October 1909. It was the main feature of the last quadrant of The Squa...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Girls Pose near Cannon
This image is from a series of postcards intended for tourists around the 1920s. Cannons were purchased by the Government in 1879 and installed at Fort Ngahauranga overlooking Port Nicholson, Wellington Harbour. The never fired a shot in anger and...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1920 to 1930
All Saints Church, The Square - c 1940
Postcard showing three small boys standing next to the cannon that stood in the Square. Two surplus cannons were purchased by the Council from the Defence Department and placed in The Square in 1909. They were removed in 1939. Behind can be seen, ...
Creator: Frederick Radcliffe
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940
Looking across The Square to Church Street West
Looking across the lakelet quadrant of The Square in Palmerston North. The building labelled Municipal Offices was originally the offices of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand. The Palmerston North Borough Council first leased tne building in 1900 a...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1911
Looking Across the Square from the corner of Broadway
The gun in the Square was placed there in May 1909. The Lakelet built in October 1909 is not in this photograph. The Grand Hotel was built in 1906 and the Daily Times newspaper was at this site from 1890s to 1913. The Daily Times newspaper on Chur...
Creator: Ernest Denton
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1909
Lakelet in The Square, with All Saints and The Grand Hotel beyond
This postcard photograph was taken from the Lakelet quadrant in The Square, looking across to the corner of Church Street west. From left: the cannon was one of two placed in The Square 1909; the brick All Saints Church was completed 1914; the Gra...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1915
Woman standing beside a cannon in The Square
Woman standing beside a cannon, one of two bought to Palmerston North in 1909, being surplus equipment of the Defence Department. Both cannons were removed and scrapped during the 1940s.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
Deck of the HMS Pelorus
Presumably a Royal Navy vessel in Port Nicholson. For further information see Lloyd's shipping register.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1859
Artillery display by Army Volunteers
Army Volunteers in the vicinity of Bourke and Waldegrave Streets, Palmerston North, demonstrating the use of artillery equipment watched by a large crowd. The photograph clearly shows the extent of the bush line around the town at the time.
Creator: George W Shailer [?]
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1892
HMS Pelorus
HMS Pelorus was a 2,330 ton ship launched on 5 February 1857 from the Devonport dockyard, England. In June 1860, as flagship of the Australian Squadron under Captain Frederick Seymour, she participated in the attack on Puketakauere Pā during the F...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Whanganui
Date: 1859
View of The Square, c 1915
This postcard photograph was taken from the Lakelet quadrant in The Square, looking across to the corner of Church Street West. Some features include (from left): the domed structure is the observatory, built 1906 and demolished in 1938; the canno...
Creator: Frank Duncan & Co, Ltd
Date: circa 1915
Souvenir of Palmerston North, N.Z.
The inside cover of this booklet reads, "To Dear Auntie Lena and Uncle Ernest. Wishing you a Happy Christmas & a Happy New Year. With Love From Muriel". The Souvenir has images of many popular scenes from Palmerston North, including The Square, th...
Creator: Tanner Bros. Ltd.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1925
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