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

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 April 1961 "Cutting and shaping timber for a home appliance stall at the Industries Fair are Mr. V. Harriman and Mr. T. Jones (kneeling). The latter commented to the ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Showgrounds, Palmerston North
Date:          April 20, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 30 May 1961 "This fine mahogany seat, designed by the noted Palmerston North sculptor, Mr. T.V. Johnston, and made by a city firm, has been presented to the Manawatu Soc...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Grey Street, Palmerston North
Date:          May 30, 1961

 Room 9, (Standards 4 and 5) spent a day at the museum at Palmerston North, learning about life in early Manawatu. One of the activities they participated in was sawing a log of wood.

Creator:      Lesley Courtney
Place:          326 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1985

This house was built 1905 - 1906 for Elizabeth and James Alfred Nash. Nash was both a Mayor and MP for Palmerston North. In 1914 it was sold to T R Moore who named it 'Waimarama'. The house covers 5000 square feet, is built of rimu and kauri and h...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          46 Alfred Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The mill was situated about a quarter of a mile north of Nannestead Road, and one and half miles north of Bunnythorpe.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Nannestead Road, Bunnythorpe
Date:          1878

The construction of a cottage on the corner of Church Street and Botanical Road. The man with the bicycle is either Frederick Johansen or Frederick Jorgensen (the bootmaker), the owner of the house. The house has a colonial "hipped roof".

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Church and Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date:          1900 to 1905

This tractor has been adapted to power a wood saw. The add-on has been attached to the rear of the tractor.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

The Longburn Slaughtering and Freezing Company Ltd was established as a farmer's co-operative in 1890. Sited at Longburn, just south of Palmerston North, it later became known as the Longburn Freezing Works. It closed in 1986.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Works Road, Longburn, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1946

The timber yard was situated between Main Street East and Broad Street (now Broadway Avenue). The railway line in the foreground was a siding which ran from the railway in Main Street to the flour mill and the sash and door factory. The three-stor...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900

This house was built on ten acres of land at 145 Rangitikei Street. In 1903 it was bought by Andrew Guy, a local barrister and solicitor. The Guy estate was subdivided in 1935, to form Guy Avenue and the house remained on one section of the origin...

Creator:      E Creamer
Place:          16 Guy Avenue, Takaro, Palmerston North
Date:          1981

The name "George Bartholomew" and the date "1904" are stamped on the back of the print. The business adopted the name "Feilding Sash and Door Co. Ltd." in 1909.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding, Manawatu
Date:          1904

Bullock team near Otaki pulling cart with sawn timber on.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          1890s

The name "George Bartholomew" is stamped on the back of the print. The name "Feilding Sash and Door Co. Ltd." was not adopted until 1909, so this photograph was probably taken after that date, despite the label on the photograph itself.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1910