Emerson Street, Napier
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Public Domain
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About this object
View of Emerson Street looking towards Marine Parade thought to have been taken in 1908. Along the right side of the street can be seen the premises of Ball and Company (Leigh and Ball Printers and Bookbinders), Williams Brothers (painters, decorators and paper hangers), A H Wilson (ironmonger), Ross & Glendining Limited (warehousemen and manufactures), Blythe and Company (drapers and clothiers), J P Thomson (draper and importer), and the Union Bank of Australia. At the far end of Emerson Street can be seen Kirkcaldie and Stains.
On the opposite side of the street is a sign advertising a chemist.
The street is occupied by horse drawn carriages and pedestrians.
Photographer, unknown.
On the opposite side of the street is a sign advertising a chemist.
The street is occupied by horse drawn carriages and pedestrians.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 113 x 160mm
Signature/Inscription
Box 7, Inscription
Napier Emerson St looking east (about 1908) all visible buildings destroyed in the quake of 1931 (Feb 3), Inscription
P.C 4036, Inscription
Napier Emerson St looking east (about 1908) all visible buildings destroyed in the quake of 1931 (Feb 3), Inscription
P.C 4036, Inscription
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1908?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 167
Other number(s)
167, 75630
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