A new two-storey brick Post Office, complete with clock tower, was constructed on the corner of The Square and Main Street east, Palmerston North, in 1905-1906. It remained in use as a Post Office until 1988. The crowd is listening to Sir Joseph W...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Corner of The Square and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1905
These images are part of the Frank Goldingham collection and were possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the fourth quarter of 1960. They may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.
Creator: Frank Goldingham
Date: 1960
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 11 March 1961 "Winners of yesterday's hat of the day, being conducted by the "Manawatu Evening Standard" during millinery week. Mrs. R.S. Alker chose a high crowned whit...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 11, 1961
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 April, 1959. "Three trotting enthusiasts at the first day of the Manawatu Trotting Club's autumn meeting on Saturday (from left): Mrs L. G. Rieger (president's wife),...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Pioneer Highway, Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 1959
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
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
John McCaw states that in 1902, Feilding claimed a North Island record for the number of sheep yarded at sale - 42,000. This was not eclipsed until the 1937 sale of over 50,000. This photo was probably taken during the record sale. The Feilding cl...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1902
John McCaw states that in 1902 Feilding claimed a North Island record for the number of sheep yarded at a sale - 42,000. This was not eclipsed until the 1937 sale of over 50,000 sheep.
John McCaw appears in this 1974 Spectrum radio documentary ab...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Feilding
Date: 1902
The class of 1888 – 1899 are shown here at their unidentified school reunion.
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1940 to circa 1949
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, Palmerston North
Date: 1900 to 1910
Display window of the C M Ross building (Roscos) built in 1927-1928. It was the foremost department store of Palmerston North and featured 'island showcases' on the street front.
Creator: Unknown
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
The Duchess of York inspects the Girl Guide section of the Guard of Honour in The Square, accompanied by Girl Guide leader Charlotte Warburton. The Duchess of York became Queen Elizabeth when her husband ascended the throne, and later became the Q...
Creator: New Zealand Pictorial Photo News
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: March 4, 1927
Miss Church – standing at back; Mr R Trow – young man on right with cap; Mrs Donaldson – on right; Two Miss Armstrong’s – on left; Mrs Scoullar – third lady from right; Mrs Oliver – second woman on left.
Creator: Donaldson
Place: The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date: 1907
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 Display Manager.
Creator: Barry Woods - Milne and Choyce
Place: 4 The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1960 to 1966
This shot of Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue) looks toward The Square. It must have been taken before 1929 because of the presence of both the Post Office Hotel and C Smith Ltd - the former burnt down that year and the latter was purchased and r...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date: 1920s
A church group gathers outside for a picnic in Tiakitahuna. William Rowland (b.1891) may be standing on the far left,
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tiakitahuna, Manawatu
Date: circa 1890 to circa 1910
A church group gathers outside for a picnic in Tiakitahuna.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tiakitahuna, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1890
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
This wooden All Saints Church encorporated the original 1875 one, on the same site, in 1882. In 1910 this building was moved back, placed sideways on the section, and adapted for use as the Sunday School. It was replaced by the present brick All S...
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1910
The second All Saints Church was built in 1882, to replace the first church on the site built in 1875. It was in turn replaced by a larger brick building in 1914, and moved further back on the section to serve as a Church Hall. The building was b...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1910
Thought to be Arthur Johnson of Palmerston North. He was related to Mrs Hood.
Creator: Whalley and Co, The Square, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900
When the Palmerston North Bowling Club formed in 1889 it rented a private Green in Lombard Street. In 1901, land in Taonui Street was purchased, adjoining the Lombard Street Green, which was later purchased. Samuel Jickell, from whose album this p...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1907
The girls of the All Saints Girl Guide Company, the first to be formed in Palmerston North, are pictured in uniform outside the All Saints Church. From left: Front row: Unknown; Marjorie Wagstaff; Unknown; Leonie Bennett; Thelma Sutridge; Joyce Be...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1925 to 1926
This photograph shows a large family gathering sitting around a picnic blanket laden with food.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: 1880 to 1899
William Westcombe Corpe (1836 - 1923) was one of the pioneers of the dairy industry in the Manawatu. He arrived in the Feilding district about 1881 and was a sawmiller for some years before constructing a butter and cheese factory at Makino, near...
Creator: Macedo, Feilding
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1890 to 1900
George Grant, headmaster (standing far right); Nils Friberg, first assistant (standing far left); Miss Maude Felicity Meads (seated 3rd from left). The other teachers probably include Edith Innes, Nellie Innes and Miss Govan. College Street School...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1901
W H Wilson commenced business in Palmerston North on April 4th 1922, catering solely for womens' needs by specialising in all forms of "Ladies Wear".
Creator: Snapshots Unlimited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1937
S. R. Lancaster, on whose land the meetings were held, is fifth from the left in the front row. He was one of the major instigators of the club. Refer to Fitzherbert East Aokautere School and District 1889-1989, p 45.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Aokautere, Palmerston North
Date: 1911
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