Masonic Hotel, Napier
Maker
Lambourne, Cyril Walter
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
This photograph shows the destruction caused to the Masonic Hotel, located on Marine Parade, by the 3 February 1931 earthquake and subsequent fire. On the back of the photograph is written: searching for dead bodies, Masonic Hotel, Napier.
Naval officers, probably from the HMS Veronica, along with other men search the rubble of the hotel for survivors.
The Murray and Roberts Co Ltd building can be seen in the background. It was located at the corner of Emerson Street and Marine Parade.
Photographer, Cyril Walter Lambourne.
Date, post 3 February 1931.
Naval officers, probably from the HMS Veronica, along with other men search the rubble of the hotel for survivors.
The Murray and Roberts Co Ltd building can be seen in the background. It was located at the corner of Emerson Street and Marine Parade.
Photographer, Cyril Walter Lambourne.
Date, post 3 February 1931.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 168 x 216mm
Signature/Inscription
Searching for dead bodies. Masonic Hotel Napier, Inscription, Handwritten
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 11986
Credit Line
gifted by A F Tucker
Other number(s)
m2003/9/24, 11986, 75825
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