Hastings Street, Napier
Production date
Circa 1880
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
View of Hastings Street looking south from Shakespeare Road thought to have been taken around 1880. Businesses visible along the left side of Hastings Street include W Prebble (fruiterer), Jacob’s Fancy Repository, David Levi (tobacconist), Large and Townley (cabinet maker, upholsterer), Hardy and Sidey (ironmongers), the Masonic Hotel, Garrett Brothers Boot Shoe Depot (located in Dublin House), the New Zealand Insurance Company, a watchmaker (possibly Wall and Company), and H Williams (ironmonger). On the extreme right of the image stands the old Post office. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. Further along Hastings Street signs advertising The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market, Ruddock and Fryer (ironmonger), and the New Zealand Clothing Factory (clothing manufacturers) are visible. The Criterion Hotel and the Union Bank of Australia can be seen at the intersection of Hastings Street and Emerson Street. Horse drawn carriages run along Hastings Street.
Photographer, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Circa 1880
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 95 x 154mm
Signature/Inscription
42, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1880?
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 8649
Other number(s)
8649, 76022
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