This photograph is believed to have been taken as a publicity image.

Creator:      John Cleland

Date:          1970s

Richard Slingsby Abraham (1851-1942) was a founder of the stock and station agency known as Abraham and Williams Limited. In 1876, when manager of the Bulls branch of the Bank of New Zealand, Mr Abraham acquired an interest in the firm of Stevens ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1910

Mrs Collins (1870-1943), née Enid Astbury, married her husband John George Collins in 1892. She was the daughter of Annie and James Astbury. Enid spent her childhood at Newbury school and went on to become the first pupil teacher at Terrace End Sc...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1927 to 1928

This image comes from a collection of unidentified negatives taken by H M Griffiths in the early 1900s, probably 1910-1920. Many of these negatives are labelled as having been taken in Tokomaru, but have no information with them. They were donated...

Creator:      H M Griffiths

Date:          1910 to 1920

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23rd February 1963. "The Lions Club of Palmerston North, in conjunction with Lions International, is at present holding its campaign for the collection of old, unwanted ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          February 23, 1963

Mrs Harvey was the first head teacher teacher in 1884. Mr G.Nye was headmaster in 1885. He was followed by D.H. Guthrie, C.H. von Blaremberg and T. F. Fairbrother in 1893.

The original Terrace End School building was situated in Main Street in 18...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1893 to 1922

A group of young people associated with the Salvation Army movement. The Salvation Army Band established themselves in Palmerston North in 1884.

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

Manawatu Savage Club Council, 1959. Back row, from left: Savages R V Bacon, B O O'Brien, Chief Steward W F Armitage, Savages P J Cross, M F Johansen, R E Bartlett, C E McCulloch, G H Louden. Front row, from left: Tohunga G P Wackrow, Ariki C E Ste...

Creator:      Argosy Industrial Photos

Date:          1959

When the Palmerston North Bowling Club formed in 1889 it rented a private Green in Lombard Street, at which this photograph must be taken. In 1901, land in Taonui Street was purchased, adjoining the Lombard Street Green, which was later purchased....

Creator:      J Beauchamp
Place:          Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 16, 1895

Campbell Aitchison (captain) in front row of centre. Palmerston North High School began in 1902. The first classes were held in the Old Sunday School hall of St Andrews, moving to a wooden building in Featherston Street a year later. This building...

Creator:      Bunting
Place:          Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1912

Palmerston North librarians were presented with New Zealand Library Association certificates at a function held at the National Library in Tremaine Avenue. Mr Ian Malcolm, Immediate Past President of the NZLA made the presentations. From left, ba...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          1016 Tremaine Avenue, Roslyn, Palmerston North
Date:          1980

Mr Horn was born in Palmerston North on 1 September 1917. He was educated at the Nelson Park School, Boys High School in Napier and Victoria University. He graduated LLB and practiced as a barrister and solicitor in New Plymouth (1947-1967). He wa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1975

Sir John Marshall is shown here presenting prizes for a short story writing contest in the Palmerston North Children’s Library. The contest was organised by the Public Library as part of New Zealand Book Week. Carolyn Norgate of Whakarongo School...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of the Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1980

Mr G H Gill sits with a broken rata or totara post unearthed during excavation work carried out for the widening of Lombard Street. This photograph ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, 2 November 1961.

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Lombard Street, Palmerston North
Date:          November 2, 1961

Mr John Vernon was Rector of Palmerston North High School (now Palmerston North Boys' High School) from 1902 until his death in 1918, during the great Influenza epidemic. In 1908, he founded the College House boarding establishment, which is still...

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

This photograph shows a group of people of mixed ages who are related to the United Ancient Order of Druids. Some of the people pictured are wearing vests heavily embroidered with various symbols.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

Cora, known as Paddy, is a member of the McDonald family. She is seen here with Peter, the dog.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Napier
Date:          circa 1930 to circa 1939

Grandparents, Jack and Betty Evans, with Aaron Evans, who is the son of Tony Evans. To the right is Rita Collins, sister of Betty's mother, Mrs Edith Shortt. Included is Nicky, the dog. Jack and Betty married in 1936 and were early and long term r...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1965 to circa 1966

Mrs Mary Mowlem was wife to Fred Mowlem a commission and estate land agent, in partnership with James Linton in about 1892 and later with James Mowlem. In 1920, Fred was a JP and had retired from Mowlem & Mowlem.

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Mary Mowlem was one of approxi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          circa 1900

Alfred Allen (1855-1935, b. in Wellington) was a carpenter and farmer in the Wairarapa and came to Kelvin Grove as a farmer during 1880s. He later moved to Terrace Street (now Ruahine Street). He was later a builder in Palmerston North until his r...

Creator:      Allen Family
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1930

Shown here is the last of the newspaper sellers in The Square. He is stationed outside the Kosy Theatre next to the Post Office on the corner of Main Street and The Square. The photograph was taken by Dr HJC Durward. He worked at Palmerston North ...

Creator:      Dr H J C Durward
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1960

Mr John Herbert Hankins was born at Swindon, Gloucestershire, in 1846. He came to New Zealand in 1863 with his parents and nine brothers and sisters on the "Canterbury". He married Agnes Dalrymple in Hokitika in 1872 and left in 1882 to set up pra...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          unknown

Because of the extreme lack of variety of Scandinavian surnames (there were two Olsens or Olsons in the original Mauriceville Settlement alone), it is difficult to establish exactly who this family were. They were probably pioneers in the Forty Mi...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1930s

Robert Keeling was the first Schoolmaster of Palmerston North from 1872-1875. He was then appointed secretary to the Town Board in 1875. Robert was also the first Town Clerk of the Borough of Palmerston North from 1877-1907.

Creator:      Billens and Bunting
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Kenneth Wilson was headmaster of Palmerston North High School, which opened in 1891 in Rangitikei Street. He also opened a private school in Wellington and was employed at Wellington College. Wilson died in 1913.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          263 Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1891

This photograph comes from a small bound photograph album found in the Slack and Hewett Families archive. This albums contains informal photographs, mostly of the Hewett family. They lived on Long Melford Road, Awapuni at a homestead called "Waita...

Creator:      Hewett Family
Place:          Awapuni
Date:          1900 to 1910

Three men converse outside a barn-like structure.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Unknown
Date:          unknown

Children of Matilda and John Kennedy. From left: Fredrick Chafe (who fought in in the Boer War), Jessie (who became Mrs L. Gronn and later Mrs A. Ross), William, Barbara (who became Mrs Cowen of Apiti and later Mrs Anderson), Issac (who also fough...

Creator:      Nelson Irving, Te Awamutu
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950 to circa 1960

A staff member at Selwyn Motor Ltd in the office. Selwyn Motors Ltd were Ford motor dealers in Cuba Street and Rangitikei Street.

Creator:      Clarice Parlane

Date:          October 1964

Unidentified men converse by a fence.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Unknown
Date:          unknown