Hastings Street, Napier
Production date
1913?
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Hastings Street looking south from Shakespeare Road that is thought to have been taken in September 1913. In the centre of the image, a large group of people crowd around a tram. The tramway service, which ran between Napier and Port Ahuriri, was inaugurated on 8 September 1913.
On the extreme right of the image stands the old Post office, which is located on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. Further along Hastings Street signs advertising the Kia Ora Luncheon and Tea Rooms, The Universal Providers, Ringland Brothers (tailors and mercers), and W J Tabuteau (Sharebroker, Land and Insurance Agent) are visible. The premises of Hannahs and Company (boot providers) can be seen on the left.
Photographer, unknown.
On the extreme right of the image stands the old Post office, which is located on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. Further along Hastings Street signs advertising the Kia Ora Luncheon and Tea Rooms, The Universal Providers, Ringland Brothers (tailors and mercers), and W J Tabuteau (Sharebroker, Land and Insurance Agent) are visible. The premises of Hannahs and Company (boot providers) can be seen on the left.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
1913?
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photographs: Height x Width: 148 x 203mm
Card: Height x Width: 171 x 222mm
Card: Height x Width: 171 x 222mm
Signature/Inscription
First Trams in Napier Sept 1913, Inscription, Handwritten
negative of this photo is in Album 20, Inscription, Handwritten
Box 15, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
negative of this photo is in Album 20, Inscription, Handwritten
Box 15, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamp
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Sep 1913
Current rights
Credit Line
gifted by Mrs A Sinclair
Other number(s)
m67/24, 3682, 75766
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