Hastings Street, Napier

Maker
Burton Brothers
 Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
View of Hastings Street looking towards Napier Hill possibly taken in the 1880s. The date 1885 is written on the back of the photograph. Businesses visible along the left side of the street include a baker and confectioner, a stationer, and Barraud and Bowerman (chemists and druggists). On the opposite side of the road can be seen the premises of Hooper’s Hair Cutting Saloon, the Bank of Australasia, 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) is located on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. On the opposite side of the intersection stands the Colonial Bank.

At the centre of the photograph stands the Clarendon Hotel. To the left of the hotel are the premises of the Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Company in the Roope Brooking building.

Photographer, Burton Bros.
Maker
Production place
Dunedin/Otago/South Island/New Zealand
Production technique
Photography
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 125 x 195mm
Signature/Inscription
1885, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts
Subject person
Subject period
1880s/19th Century
Subject date
1885
Current rights
Public Domain
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 8654
Other number(s)
8654, 75822

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