Searching for survivors, Hastings
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
This photograph depicts naval officers searching for survivors and bodies amongst the wreckage of what is thought to be the Grand Hotel on Heretaunga Street in Hastings, after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931.
Photographer, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 64 x 110mm
Height x Width: 230 x 139mm
Height x Width: 230 x 139mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 6615 b
Credit Line
gifted by D Johnson
Other number(s)
m83/1, 6615 b, 77507
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