Hastings Street, Napier
Maker
Burton Brothers
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
View of Hastings Street looking towards Napier Hill taken in the late 1870s or early 1880s. On the extreme left of the image is the Union Bank of Australia. On the corner of Emerson Street stands the Criterion Hotel followed by the premises of A W L Cottrell (hairdresser, tobacconist and perfumer).
On the opposite side of the Hastings Street are the premises of Garrett Brothers Boot Shoe Depot (located in Dublin House), S E Cooper (watchmaker and jeweller), John McVay (saddler and harness maker), Neal and Close (draper and clothier), and the Bank of Australasia. Behind the bank can be seen the firm Hardy and Sidey (ironmongers). Among the other businesses that are visible along this side of the street are the Masonic Hotel, John Murry’s Napier Cash Boot Shop, Large and Townley (cabinet maker, upholsterer), David Levi (tobacconist), Jacob’s Fancy Repository, and W Prebble (fruiterer). R Hannah and Company (The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market) and the Colonial Bank can be seen in the distance on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. At the end of Hastings Street stands the Clarendon Hotel.
Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages, including one owned by J R Redstone and Company (bus, cab and hearse proprietors), are visible along the street.
Photographer, Burton bros.
On the opposite side of the Hastings Street are the premises of Garrett Brothers Boot Shoe Depot (located in Dublin House), S E Cooper (watchmaker and jeweller), John McVay (saddler and harness maker), Neal and Close (draper and clothier), and the Bank of Australasia. Behind the bank can be seen the firm Hardy and Sidey (ironmongers). Among the other businesses that are visible along this side of the street are the Masonic Hotel, John Murry’s Napier Cash Boot Shop, Large and Townley (cabinet maker, upholsterer), David Levi (tobacconist), Jacob’s Fancy Repository, and W Prebble (fruiterer). R Hannah and Company (The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market) and the Colonial Bank can be seen in the distance on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. At the end of Hastings Street stands the Clarendon Hotel.
Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages, including one owned by J R Redstone and Company (bus, cab and hearse proprietors), are visible along the street.
Photographer, Burton bros.
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Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 154 x 208mm
Signature/Inscription
Box 7A, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
2541, Inscription
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
2541, Inscription
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1875-1886
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr C D Cornford
Other number(s)
m63/31, 4638 f, 75712
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