Standing left: Mary Helena McCully – née McEwen (1880-1939) daughter of Andrew and Mary Ann McEwen. Standing right: Mary Ann McEwen – née Scrimshaw (1853-1926), daughter of George Scrimshaw. Sitting: Mrs George Scrimshaw – mother of Mary Ann McEw...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1903

Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 22 January 2019.

Colleen Crooks Part 2 of 2. Summary: Porcelain doll making – after the porcelain stage. Traditional fabrics. Colours. Has hundreds of dolls, filled a granny flat. Dolls’ hospital. Still teach...

Creator:      Stuart Birks

Date:          January 22, 2019

This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. The same unidentified woman (and distinctive wallpaper) appears in several other photographs, including: 2015G_Young27_010159; 2015G_Young110_010229; 2015G_Young111_010...

Creator:      William James Young
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1900 to 1932

Two young girls in swimming suits making 'daisy chains' in The Square. The girls are believed to be the photographer's daughters Joan MacKay and Shirley MacKay.

Creator:      John MacKay
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1963

This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s. 

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North

Date:          1966

Mavis Marion George (1912-1968), married Edwin Roy Ingram (1906-1997), on 22 June 1940. Mavis was the daughter of Agnes Innes George (née Marshall), (c.1878 -1942) and Wilberforce Alfred George (1867 - 1921), of 56 Linton Street. Edwin was the son...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          June 1940

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 July 1961 "Carriers have a friendly word with Red Cross workers after loading a number of cases of clothing for the needy in Hong Kong. Miss L. Wimsett, the secretary...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Cuba Street, Palmerston North
Date:          July 28, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 December 1962, "Linens and silks were favourite fabrics chosen by racegoers on the third day of the Manawatu Racing Club's summer meeting on Boxing Day at Awapuni. D...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Racecourse Road, Palmerston North
Date:          December 27, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 October 1958: "Seen here are the seven finalists who were chosen for the best dressed woman competition which was held in Palmerston North this week. They are (from l...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 18, 1958

This image was taken by The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 December 1962, but did not run in the paper.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          December 19, 1962

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on10 September 1958: "The Rev. A.J. Jamieson and his wife are seen busily packing clothing which is destined to keep the people of the leper colonies in India and Korea wa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard

Date:          September 10, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 June 1958, page 15: "Wool has been the only fibre that will afford protection against the bitter cold of the Antarctic. Here two members of the New Zealand Trans-Anta...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard

Date:          June 24, 1958

Kerei Te Panau was the namesake of the chimes in the clock of the Post Office. Seated, from left: Mrs and Mr Tricklebank; Kerei Te Panau; George Snelson (first Mayor of Palmerston North); Mrs Louisa Snelson; Unknown. Image available on request - p...

Creator:      Unknown

Date:          1901

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

Development began on the Victoria Esplanade in Palmerston North, named to mark Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee, in 1897. The pool was donated to the children of Palmerston North in 1937 by the Returned Servicemen's Association. It is of an art deco ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Victoria Esplanade, Palmerston North
Date:          1950

Les Davis set to go hunting in what could be the Kahuterawa Valley. Leslie Francis Davis (1900-1985) was the son of James and Harriet Davis, then living in Palmerston North. He worked on the land and later at the Wanganui Woolen Mills. He married ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1918

C M Ross Co Ltd (Rosco) float in the parade celebrations to commemorate 50 years of Palmerston North, in 1927. The women on the float are modelling fashions of the previous 25 years, although the store operated from the 1880s. Situated on The Squ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1927

A display of Chesterton brand men's clothing. Allan Smith designed this window display while employed by Milne Choyce. He was first employed by the C M Ross department store in 1959, which was then bought out by Milne and Choyce. He rose to become...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1960 to 1966

The women's wear department was on the first floor of the recently built four-storey C M Ross department store in the Square. C M Ross was one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1929

At this time the women's wear department was in the single storey George Street building, that is thought to have been connected to The Square frontage of the department store. This building was replaced with a two storey building in the 1920s.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

At this time the women's wear department was in the single storey George Street building, which was thought to have been connected to The Square frontage of the department store. This building was replaced with a two storey building in the 1920s.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

Susan Herbert Knight (nee Nicholson) was born in Waipukarau in 1865. She married Robert Dawson Knight and moved to the Manawatu in 1903. They farmed at Longburn before, as a widow, she moved to live in Grey Street, Palmerston North in 1947. She di...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

A view of the stands at the Showground during the Band contest on Labout Day weekend.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

An unidentified Pipe Band perform at the Showgrounds, Palmerston North, on Labout Day weekend.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Showgrounds. Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

The horse-drawn vehicles are standing outside the second All Saints Anglican Church, in use 1982-1914. Alongside the wooden church can be seen the former Borough Council building and in the distance is the distinctive wooden clock tower of the Oc...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1901

Henry Garner opened a drapery store in 1906 under the name ‘Kash’, with the first premises being in The Square and later, Cuba Street. In 1937 the store moved to a new building in Broadway, on the former Zelandia Hall site. In the 1960s the store...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950 to circa 1959

This image was taken for a series published in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 March 1978 with the caption, "The Manawatu Flea Market's opening day at the Self Help Carpark on the corner of Broadway and Albert Street attracted about 100 last S...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Broadway Avenue and Albert Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 28, 1978

Bill Howell's mens and boys wear shop was situated in Broadway at the Terrace End shopping centre.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1974

Kear's Drapery in Broadway Court at the Terrace End shopping centre. This is still operating (2008).

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          1974

From left: Back Row: J. Pouse; H. Freeman; A. Monk; J. McLeavy; G. Stephenson; F. W. Yen. Front Row: F. Penn; Unknown x 2 (newspaper journalists); C. Nodine; Snow (Engineer); McCulloch (Clerk).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Levin
Date:          circa 1904