Douglas DC-3 ZK-APA aircraft [Puweto], thought to have been taken at Milson Airport, with the Royal Mail insignia panted near the cockpit.This aircraft served with the RNZAF as NZ3555 from 20 August 1945 and was re-registered as a civilian aircraf...
Creator: Elmar Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1947
Three workers posing in front of a flax bale.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1903 to 1907
People dressed in period costume parading down Church Street by the Club Hotel. The 75th Jubilee celebrations were an eight day long series of events. On the afternoon of Wednesday, 19 March 1952, a parade around the square entitled ‘Cavalcade of ...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Church Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1952
Shown here are some of the pipes starting to be bolted into position upon the floor of the Power House. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, H...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Mangahao, Shannon, Horowhenua Region
Date: March 2, 1924
Aroha Clifford was the first pilot trained by the Canterbury Aero Club in 1928. She may have been New Zealand’s first woman pilot.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Milson Airport?, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1970 to circa 1999
Two workman high up a pylon repairing a live broken wire, on the Mangahao power line. The men use long poles with a hook on one end to bring the lines closer for repairs. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1933 to 1934
This composite panorama was published in the Auckland Weekly News on 23 June 1904. The realism of the panorama is marred by the presence of the same children on both sides of the frame.
Creator: Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904
Ernest Davis (1901-1981) in army uniform and his mother, Harriet Davis, walking outside the Post Office, in The Square, Palmerston North. Ernie served in WWII, and soon after this photograph embarked for Italy. Ernie, was the son of James and Harr...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1942
A gang of four men atop of a wooden pylon undertaking repairs. The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric power and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, and the Wairarapa. After being...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1933 to 1934
Creator: William James Young
Date: 1900 to 1932
This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the...
Creator: William James Young
Date: 1900 to 1932
A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans ...
Creator: New Zealand Government
Place: 5 Mansford Place, West End, Palmerston North
Date: 1947
He ope whakangahau i te wā o te whakahirahira o ngā tau tekau mā rima o te whakatūranga o te tāone ko Te Papaiōea. Nō te marae a Kai Iwi tēnei ope, nō Ngāti Kauwhata me Rangitāne hoki. E ai kī ngā nupepa ko Matene Maketa te kaiārahi. I tū te ope i...
Creator: Unknown
Date: March 2, 1927 to March 4, 1927
The Floral Clock, situated opposite the Palmerston North Post Office on the Main Street corner, was a gift from the Directors of the Manawatu Evening Standard, to commemorate the Palmerston North's Centenary. The newspaper paid $3,210 for the Flor...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: December 1971
Samuel Jickell was the Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This photograph shows a sewer pipe being lain in a swamp. The 24" sewer is being laid at a depth of 15' to the inlet.
Creator: Samuel Jickell
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1905
The mobile library is seen here parked outside the Co-op on the corner of Main Street east and Upham Terrace. A mobile Library service began in Palmerston North 22 May 1967, in a 20 foot caravan towed by a Bedford van. It was first put into servic...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1970
The railway lines ran through the central section of The Square. The Occidental Hotel, with clocktower,stands on the corner of Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue) in the background.
Creator: L Martin
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
This panorama of The Square was taken from the tower of the Post Office. Some notable features include the original wooden All Saints Church (visible on the corner of Church Street West and The Square) and the Grand Hotel, built 1906. Scaffolding...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1906 to 1907
Biscuits are being examined in the vacuum drying oven at the New Zealand Dairy Research Institute. The biscuits were developed by the Institute to distribute to children in under-developed areas particularly in Pacific and East Asian areas.
Creator: Dairy Research Institute
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1967
This is a photograph of the Klee brothers in uniform, taken sometime during the Boer War (1899-1902). From left: Louis, George and Victor Klee. They all survived the war and took up farming in the South Island of New Zealand. Victor later turned t...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Unknown
Date: circa 1901
Watchorns Ltd, located at 162-163 The Square, was founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, but was soon taken over and operated solely by Mr G Watchorn. This view is of the houseware department. The window display features Gillette products. Watc...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1930 to 1939
Members of the Manawatu Motor Cycle Club [MMCC] of Palmerston North shown with the 10 mile race winner, Alex Anderson. Anderson raced with considerable success around the lower North Island from 1913-1918. This race was held at the Tauherenikau Ra...
Creator: W J Young, Mount Stewart
Place: Tauherenikau Racecourse, Wairarapa
Date: January 22, 1914
The Mayor, Mr D B Black, buried the capsule during a brief ceremony attended by company officials. A metal capsule containing documents commemorating Palmerston North’s Centenary is being buried at the site of the Dominion Life Assurance Office of...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Corner of King and Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: May 27, 1971
The image shows the re-enactment of the landing of early settlers on the riverbank, near the Fitzherbert Bridge, Palmerston North. The people are L to R: Unknown; G Tremaine, Mayor; Ian Watkins, 2ZA Radio Announcer; G Tremaine, Mayoress; Miss Ell...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Hokowhitu, Palmerston North
Date: 1952
Gathering in The Square, Palmerston North, for the annual Butcher's picnic. The cart in front belongs to A Coley, Carrier.
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: 1898
The men working on this Mangahao Line power pole near Masterton are as follows: Mick Gastern, top of pole; Wally Weastell, at left on the ground; Andy Rockel, M Astwood and G Clark on the right.The Mangahao Power Station provides hydroelectric pow...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: 1933 to 1934
Concrete mixer built by A F Martin Ltd of 648-660 Main Street (at the time of the photograph). Martins were engineers, grinders and gear cutters. They also erected and repaired machinery, made concrete posts and manufactured 'Martins Concrete Mixe...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1946
This photograph is of Jack Slack and what appears to be a prize-winning cow at 'Waitoitoi', Awapuni.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
This photograph shows an unidentified athlete in boxing stance. He is also one of the subjects in the "Demonstration of Ju-Jitsu" series. It is signed, 'faithfully yours, J Duffy'.
Creator: C Armstrong, Arcade Studios, Dunedin
Place: Dunedin
Date: circa 1911
Panorama, made up of 4 images, of The Square, showing gardens, band rotunda, Chief Post Office and crowds congregating around the railway lines outside Child's Commercial Hotel. Flags are flying on buildings and the band rotunda. The crowds are pe...
Creator: Unknown
Place: The Square, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1916