Be Our Guest entry: Letter, Joan Horrill
Maker
Horrill, Joan
Production date
2006
Object detail
Brief Description
Letter to the Be Our Guest competition. Joan Horrill nee Franklin writes about her memories of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
Joan was a pupil at Napier Girls' High School at the time of the earthquake and was at school when the earthquake struck. She had to walk to her home and recalls what she saw on her journey and the condition of her own home when she arrived. Joan was sent to Wellington to be billeted and attended Wellington East Girls' College.
Joan was a pupil at Napier Girls' High School at the time of the earthquake and was at school when the earthquake struck. She had to walk to her home and recalls what she saw on her journey and the condition of her own home when she arrived. Joan was sent to Wellington to be billeted and attended Wellington East Girls' College.
Maker
Production date
2006
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Production technique
Media/Materials description
A4 sheet, printed and handwritten in blue ink.
Media/Materials
Measurements
In Be Our Guest Folder No 2.: Height x Width: 298 x 210mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Credit line
gifted by Mrs Joan Horrill
Other number(s)
m2006/27/77, 34581
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