Sailors searching the rubble
Maker
Lambourne, Cyril Walter
Production date
03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows sailors, possibly from the HMS Veronica, searching the rubble for people in the central business district of Napier after 3 February 1931 earthquake and subsequent fire. Smoke is evident on the right hand side of the image. All that remains of the buildings are exterior walls.
Photographer, Cyril Walter Lambourne.
Date, 3 February 1931.
Photographer, Cyril Walter Lambourne.
Date, 3 February 1931.
Production date
03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 167 x 216mm
Signature/Inscription
Warning. The reproduction rights of this photograph are strictly reserved by the Auckland Weekly News, Stamp, Stamp
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 11961
Credit Line
gifted by A F Tucker
Other number(s)
m2003/9/16, 11961, 71349
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