There was a week of events to celebrate Palmerston North being granted Borough status in 1877. Marching teams in Rangitikei Street are: P and T Grenadiers (2nd team from right), employees of the Post Office Telephone Exchange. From front - Vera(?)...

Creator:      Bruce Watt
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          March 1952

The white building on the corner of Main Street East and The Square is the Post Office (the clock tower was removed after an earthquake in 1941). Directly in front is the PDC (Premiere Drapery Company, now the Plaza).

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

This photograph shows the line of shops that once sat between the corner of Broadway Avenue and the Square through to Main Street East. Visible are: Gerrands; Deluxe Shoes; Radio and Electric House; Manhattan Ltd; Coopers for Shoes; The Farmers. A...

Creator:      R E Clevely
Place:          The Square, Palmerston North
Date:          1966