Damage on Marine Parade, Herschell Street and Browning Street
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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This photograph gives a panoramic view looking down over Marine Parade, Herschell Street and Browning Street in central Napier after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on 3rd of February 1931.
The leftmost building in the image is Dr Moore's Private Hospital on Marine Parade.
To the right of this on Marine Parade is the Hawke's Bay Club, next to this is the Napier Courthouse which is in front of the Napier Athenaeum. All of these wooden buildings survived the earthquake damage and the fire that followed.
In the centre of the right half of the image is the intersection where Herschell and Browning Streets meet.
Photographer unknown.
The leftmost building in the image is Dr Moore's Private Hospital on Marine Parade.
To the right of this on Marine Parade is the Hawke's Bay Club, next to this is the Napier Courthouse which is in front of the Napier Athenaeum. All of these wooden buildings survived the earthquake damage and the fire that followed.
In the centre of the right half of the image is the intersection where Herschell and Browning Streets meet.
Photographer unknown.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 144 x 408mm
Signature/Inscription
Acknowledge NZ Railways Publicity Photo., Inscription, Stamp
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 14351
Credit Line
gifted by Tairawhiti Museum
Other number(s)
m2066/12/2, 14351, 75479
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