Central business area, Napier

Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
This photograph is a street view of collapsed buildings in the central business area of Napier after the 1931 earthquake.
Walls of buildings have fallen to reveal their interiors. The fallen bricks line the streets.
People are in the foreground of the image.

Photographer unknown.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Measurements
Height x Width: 86 x 144mm
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 9297
Credit Line
gifted by Wairoa District Heritage and Museum Trust
Other number(s)
m2000/15/4, 9297, 75335

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