Photograph Album, 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
Production date
03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
Object detail
Brief Description
Photograph Album of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
The album contains before and after black and white photographs of Napier, Taradale, Hastings and Te Aute and two hand coloured postcards of Napier.
Scenes include:
Napier - Bluff Hill, Marine Parade, Masonic Hotel, Emerson Street, Hastings Street, Municipal Theatre, Clive Square, the Daily Telegraph building, Gaiety Theatre, Nurses Home, Dr Moore's hospital, Port Ahuriri, Westshore, the embankment, Williams and Kettle Limited buildings, the refugees camp at Nelson Park.
Taradale - Taradale School and Taradale Hotel.
Hastings - Roaches Limited Hastings, Heretaunga Street and the Club Hotel.
Also included are photographs of the HMS Veronica and rescue efforts by sailors from the Veronica.
The album contains before and after black and white photographs of Napier, Taradale, Hastings and Te Aute and two hand coloured postcards of Napier.
Scenes include:
Napier - Bluff Hill, Marine Parade, Masonic Hotel, Emerson Street, Hastings Street, Municipal Theatre, Clive Square, the Daily Telegraph building, Gaiety Theatre, Nurses Home, Dr Moore's hospital, Port Ahuriri, Westshore, the embankment, Williams and Kettle Limited buildings, the refugees camp at Nelson Park.
Taradale - Taradale School and Taradale Hotel.
Hastings - Roaches Limited Hastings, Heretaunga Street and the Club Hotel.
Also included are photographs of the HMS Veronica and rescue efforts by sailors from the Veronica.
Production date
03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black embossed card album with gold lettering. Pages are black paper. White ink lettering. Album secured by a black shoelace. Black and white photographs are printed onto photographic paper. Postcards are black and white or coloured. The cover and some pages have been secured by a shoelace which is fraying.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 85 x 310mm
Signature/Inscription
Photographs, Impressed, Impressed
Hawkes-Bay Earthquake Album Feb 3rd 1931, Lettering, Inscription
Hawkes-Bay Earthquake Album Feb 3rd 1931, Lettering, Inscription
Classification terms
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Mrs D O Kerrick
Other number(s)
m84/10, Album 35, 64381
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