New Nurses' Home, Napier Hospital

Production date
25 Jul 1932
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The photograph shows the new Nurses' Home, Napier Hospital. This was built to replace the nurses home which had been destroyed in the 3 February 1931 earthquake. Hospital Terrace is on the left and Goldsmith Road is on the right. The photograph is looking out towards Bay View.

Photographer, Percy Sorrell.
Date, 25 July 1932.
Primary Maker
Place made
Napier/Hawke's Bay/North Island/New Zealand
Production period
1930s/20th Century
Production technique
Photography
Media/Materials description
Hand coloured glass.
Media/Materials
Glass/Photographic/Man-made Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 82 x 82mm
Subject period
1930s/20th Century
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Display location
Not on display
Current rights
Out of copyright
Other number(s)
70653
Classification terms
Transparency, Lantern-Slide
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

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Place made

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Archive classification Hospitals Health and medical care Local history History Construction and demolition Building and planning Roads and roading Infrastructure

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