Hastings Street, Napier
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Public Domain
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About this object
View of Hastings Street from Browning Street, possibly taken in the late 1870s. Among the businesses that are visible along the left side of the street are Large and Townley, the Masonic Hotel, the New Zealand Insurance Company, and H Williams (ironmonger).
On the extreme right of the image the old Post Office (built 1874) stands on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market and the New Zealand Clothing Company are among the businesses whose premises are also visible along this side of the street.
Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages are visible along the street.
Photographer, unknown.
On the extreme right of the image the old Post Office (built 1874) stands on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand. The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market and the New Zealand Clothing Company are among the businesses whose premises are also visible along this side of the street.
Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages are visible along the street.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted in an album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 107 x 152mm
Album: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 401 x 330 x 55mm
Album: Height x Width x Depth/Length: 401 x 330 x 55mm
Signature/Inscription
C. D. Cornford 56/28, Stamp, Stamped
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Late 1870s
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr C D Cornford
Other number(s)
56/28, Album 12, 1959, 77703
Accession number
56/28
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