Heretaunga Street, Hastings
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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This photograph depicts Heretaunga Street in Hastings after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931. Fallen bricks from a collapsed building, possibly the Grand Hotel, has crushed a car in the foreground and there are people in the street in the distance.
The Hastings Hotel can be seen in the background on the left. This was situated on the corner of Heretaunga Street and Railway Road. Next to this building is Baird's Drapers and Outfitters.
Photographer, unknown.
The Hastings Hotel can be seen in the background on the left. This was situated on the corner of Heretaunga Street and Railway Road. Next to this building is Baird's Drapers and Outfitters.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 151 x 198mm
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Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 4624 l
Credit Line
gifted by Mr A P B Cooper
Other number(s)
m2007/6/2, 4624 l, 77251
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