This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 May 1958, page 10: "The Ministers of Education and Housing, Mr. Skoglund and Mr. Fox, take time on a tour of the city yesterday to inspect the Milson deviation railwa...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Cloverlea, Palmerston North
Date:          May 23, 1958

The building under construction on the far-left of the picture is probably the Public Library (opened 1965); Watson Brothers (opened 1908); the Meteor Picture Theatre (opened in 1937); Millar and Giorgi (built 1902, burnt down in 1910 and the pres...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1964

The railway line ran through The Square until 1964. The photograph shows the slight curved deviation made by the Palmerston North Borough Council to allow the war memorial to sit centrally in The Square.

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937

This photograph shows the shops on the corner of Ruahine Street and Main Street. From left: Trev Dunshea Dairy and Fruiterer; E.A. Sharland Chemist; an unidentified shoe store; a Tip Top Dairy. Ruahine Street runs horizontally through the photograph.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Main and Ruahine Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1955

This photograph was taken from the Post Office Tower and shows Main Street East. The railway line ran through The Square and up Main Street until 1964. Despite the poor quality of this print, there is some interesting information contained, includ...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1908

This photograph shows the shops on the corner of Ruahine Street and Main Street. From left: McKinnon's, a bicycle store; Rana and Co, a fruiterers; Watson Brothers; the Post Office.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Ruahine and Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1955

This photograph is from a series taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard, February 22 1965 with the caption: "The old railway yards looking south now appear more like a ghost town, with a flourishing growth of weeds." These ima...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1965

The Chief Palmerston North Post Office was built 1905-1906 and was extended in both the 1920's and again in 1937, as seen in this photograph. It was designed by Mr J Charlesworth and built by James Trevor and Sons. The clock and chimes were instal...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1937 to 1939

Panoramic view taken from close to the railway line in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, with Main Street East on the left, the Church Street East corner at centre and Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue) on the right. The photograph was tak...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1895 to 1902

This stretch of track is thought to be in Otaki.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Waikanae, Kapiti
Date:          circa 1910

This stretch of track is thought to be in Otaki.

Creator:      Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington
Place:          Waikanae, Kapiti
Date:          circa 1910

Visible in this photograph are the Grand Hotel (far left); Manly Outfitters; Leary's Chemist; Fred Jones; The Coles Building (since demolished, now the location of the Palmerston North City Council central administration building complex). The Mai...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1950

Work began here in 1936, but stopped during the Depression. It was finally completed in 1959.

Creator:      K H Shea
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1939