Tin Town, Memorial Square, Napier
Maker
Sorrell & Son
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
This photograph depicts the shopping area developed in Memorial and Clive Squares after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931. Nicknamed 'tin town' because of the corrugated iron roofs on the buildings, the complex opened on the 16th of March 1931. Thirty-two shops occupied Clive Square, with a further twenty-two in Memorial Square. F Rice, confectioners, is possibly located on the left of the photograph.
Photographer, Sorrell.
Photographer, Sorrell.
Maker
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 88 x 145mm
Signature/Inscription
3005, Inscription, Handwritten
Box 2, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B Art Gallery & Museum, Inscription, Handwritten
Box 2, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B Art Gallery & Museum, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 3005
Credit Line
gifted by Mrs W P Mitchell
Other number(s)
m63/13, 3005, 76964
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