Memorial Square, Napier

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About this object

View of Memorial Square from the intersection of Clive Square East and Emerson Street looking towards Napier Hill. The cenotaph (built 1921) stands in the centre of the image. To the left is the Mother’s Rest, designed by Napier architect Louis Hay in 1925. Gardens planted with young palm trees and a low limestone wall run around the perimeter of the square. There is a phone booth on the footpath adjacent to the park. Houses are visible along the top of Napier Hill.

Photographer, Walter Anderson.
Date unknown.

Maker

Walter Anderson

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 65 x 110mm

Signature/Inscription

Kodak print, Stamp, Stamp
7132, Stamp, Stamp
30, Inscription, Handwritten

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1920s/20th Century

Subject date

1920s

Current rights

Public Domain

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 12065

Credit Line

gifted by Ms M Barker

Other number(s)

m2002/95/2, 12065, 76381

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Buildings and structures Archive classification Houses Public buildings Community halls Local history History Public Places Memorials Parks and reserves

Subject auto tags

Plant Sky Tree Black-and-white Neighbourhood Building Landscape City Monochrome photography Monochrome

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