Hastings Street, Napier
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Hastings Street from Napier Hill looking towards Cape Kidnappers. On the extreme right of the image stands the Napier Post Office, which was located on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. The Criterion Hotel stands on the intersection of Hastings Street and Emerson Street. Along Hastings Street, signs advertising Benjamin’s Fruit and Poultry Depot, and The New Zealand Clothing Factory are visible. Behind the chimney of the Post Office can be seen the Daily Telegraph Office and the premises of the Union Insurance Company. The back of the Clarendon Hotel is located in the foreground. Horse drawn carriages are parked along Hastings Street.
The landscape in the far distance has been painted onto the photograph.
Photographer, unknown.
Date unknown.
The landscape in the far distance has been painted onto the photograph.
Photographer, unknown.
Date unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Handpainted black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 143 x 197mm
Card: Height x Width: 164 x 217mm
Card: Height x Width: 164 x 217mm
Signature/Inscription
Box 7A, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1880s?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 2127
Credit Line
gifted by Mrs Paul Murphy
Other number(s)
m58/6, 2127, 75796
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