Tin Town, Napier

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About this object

This photograph depicts a community shopping complex in Clive Square, Napier. Tin Town, as it was nicknamed, was built after the Hawke's Bay earthquake devastated much of central Napier on the 3rd of February 1931. Pictured is, L S McClurg Limited, Watchmakers and Jewellers and Mrs Taylor, Milliner and Ladies Outfitters.

Photographer, Rex Newport.

Maker

Rex Newport

Production date

Post 03 Feb 1931

Production period

1930s/20th Century

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 66 x 109mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

L S McClurg Ltd

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Subject date

Post 03 Feb 1931

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit Line

gifted by Beverley Riley

Other number(s)

m2001/25/7, 10609, 77067

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Commercial premises Buildings and structures Archive classification Watchmakers and jewellers Retail Business and trade Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Local history History

Subject auto tags

Property Building Plant Sky House Rural area Tree Road History Home

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