Hastings Street, Napier
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Public Domain
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About this object
View of Hastings Street looking towards Napier Hill, possibly taken in the 1890s. On the extreme left of the image the Criterion Hotel stands on the corner of Hastings Street and Emerson Street. On the extreme right of the photograph is the merchant firm Neal and Close, which occupied this site between 1875 and 1897. On the opposite side of Emerson Street stands the National Bank of New Zealand, followed by the Bank of Australasia. The Masonic Hotel is located on corner of Hastings Street and Tennyson Street. Businesses listed on the building’s awnings include P Campbell, A Eccles (chemist), and R T Smythe (bookseller and stationer). On the opposite side of the intersection is the New Zealand Insurance Company building. The ground floor of the building is occupied by D D Hyde and Company (hairdressers and tobacconists), while above signs for the New Zealand Underwriters Association can be seen in the first floor windows. Other businesses whose premises are visible along this side of the road include Davies and Evans (tailors) and the Napier Drapery Company.
In the distance, the Colonial Bank is visible on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. The Clarendon Hotel is visible at the foot of Shakespeare Road.
Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages are visible along the street.
Photographer, unknown.
In the distance, the Colonial Bank is visible on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. The Clarendon Hotel is visible at the foot of Shakespeare Road.
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: 184 x 239mm
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
1890s
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr C D Cornford
Other number(s)
56/28, Album 12, 1967, 77731
Accession number
56/28
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