Album, 1931 Earthquake
Maker
Hurst, Arthur Bendigo
Production date
03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
Object detail
Brief Description
Album of photographs and postcards of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
Scenes include: Napier - Tennyson Street, Emerson Street, Clive Square, Nurses' Home, Dr Moore's hospital, Enfield Road, Opera House, Williams and Kettle building, Robjohns Hindmarsh, HMS Veronica, Provincial Hotel, Breakwater Road, Napier Hospital, Masonic Hotel, sailors from HMS Veronica, old Post Office, refugee camp at Nelson Park, Mr Morse's house, Napier Cathedral, Bank of New Zealand, Napier Botanical Gardens, Iron Pot, Westshore embankment, McGlashans, and the Taradale Hotel,
Some photos are attributed to A B Hurst.
Scenes include: Napier - Tennyson Street, Emerson Street, Clive Square, Nurses' Home, Dr Moore's hospital, Enfield Road, Opera House, Williams and Kettle building, Robjohns Hindmarsh, HMS Veronica, Provincial Hotel, Breakwater Road, Napier Hospital, Masonic Hotel, sailors from HMS Veronica, old Post Office, refugee camp at Nelson Park, Mr Morse's house, Napier Cathedral, Bank of New Zealand, Napier Botanical Gardens, Iron Pot, Westshore embankment, McGlashans, and the Taradale Hotel,
Some photos are attributed to A B Hurst.
Production date
03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Front and back of the album is made of black satin on card. Black paper pages. Metal eyelets with cotton shoelace style tie. Black and white photographic prints. Handwritten descriptions on some photos.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 33 x 215mm
Signature/Inscription
Photographs, Impressed, Impressed
A-2 Saranac / Made by / Eastman Kodak Co / For extra leaves / order size A, Manufacturer's Details, Printed
A-2 Saranac / Made by / Eastman Kodak Co / For extra leaves / order size A, Manufacturer's Details, Printed
Classification terms
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Mary Prebble
Other number(s)
m98/5, 64350
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