Flower garden on the Square, on the corner of Main Street. Beyond can be seen the Chief Post Office on the left and the Telecom tower and the Public Library on the right.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1988

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:          1950s

Hopwoods was established on Main Street in 1916. In 1962 it annexed the former offices of the Manawatu Times, which backed onto the property, and fronting onto Broadway, which were rebuilt - as pictured here - to R and W Thorrold-Jaggard's design....

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          May 25, 1962