This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 December, 1959. “The commercial travellers in Palmerston North yesterday entertained the children from the orphanages to a visit to Father Christmas at Messrs Collins...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          December 18, 1959

A Palmerston North street view with the Millar & Giorgi, the Meteor Theatre and Watson Bros. in the foreground, and the Post Office in the background. The T&G clock tower can be see behind this street view.

Creator:      Jack Cottam
Place:          Cnr. of the Square and Main Street West, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1961 to 1964

Photo taken by Terry Finnerty, photographer. The Post office building is on the far left. It is on the other side of the rail tracks (obscured), which became Main Street in 1964.

The next group of businesses include Brownings Shoe Store Ltd at nu...

Creator:      Terry Finnerty
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1958

Watson Brothers Ltd and the Meteor Cinema decorated for Queen Elizabeth II visit to Palmerston North.

Creator:      Colin Rush
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          January 1954

This small photograph shows the corner of Church Street East and The Square in the 1940s.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

This image comes from a series of slides taken around Palmerston North in the late 1950s. Many show scenes in The Victoria Esplanade Gardens, but other areas and events around the city are also represented.

Creator:      S. A. Free
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1950s