Booklet, One Hundred Years on the Napier-Taupo Road
Maker
Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum
G W Venables & Co Ltd
Production date
1955
1964
Object detail
Brief Description
A booklet entitled: One Hundred Years on the Napier-Taupo Road. 1855-1955, compiled by the Historical Affairs Committee at the Hawke's Bay and East Coast Museum, Napier. This leaflet appears to be the editor's copy as there are corrections throughout. Note: the word Museum has been crossed out and Art Society written above.
The booklet provides information about the following: first record of a European traveller on the Māori track; the New Zealand scene; early development of the Napier-Taupo Road; meanings of Māori place-names; military posts and blockhouses on the Napier-Taupo Road; Opepe, the ghost town; to Opepe from Galatea, 1874; the timber industry and the Napier-Taupo Road; Ahuriri; Napier-Taupo Road birds; coach and car service of Hawke's Bay Motor Company; a pioneer motorist; reconstruction of the Napier-Taupo State Highway; a pioneer-overseer on the Napier-Taupo Road.
Handwritten on the back of the front cover is: first edition, 1955; second edition, 1964. Printed by Venables, Willis Ltd, Napier.
The booklet provides information about the following: first record of a European traveller on the Māori track; the New Zealand scene; early development of the Napier-Taupo Road; meanings of Māori place-names; military posts and blockhouses on the Napier-Taupo Road; Opepe, the ghost town; to Opepe from Galatea, 1874; the timber industry and the Napier-Taupo Road; Ahuriri; Napier-Taupo Road birds; coach and car service of Hawke's Bay Motor Company; a pioneer motorist; reconstruction of the Napier-Taupo State Highway; a pioneer-overseer on the Napier-Taupo Road.
Handwritten on the back of the front cover is: first edition, 1955; second edition, 1964. Printed by Venables, Willis Ltd, Napier.
Production date
1955
1964
1964
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed on paper with black ink.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 223 x 143mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1855-1955
Other number(s)
Pams B4, 19102
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