Hastings Street, Napier
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of Hastings Street from Browning Street, possibly taken in the 1880s or 1890s. On the extreme left of the image, R Hannah and Company (The Hawke’s Bay and Napier Cash Boot Market) stands on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Among the businesses that are visible along the left side of the street are W Prebble (fruiterer), Jacob’s Fancy Repository, David Levi (tobacconist), the Masonic Hotel, Neal and Close (draper and clothier), S E Cooper (watchmaker and jeweller), Garrett Brothers Boot Shoe Depot (located in Dublin House), the New Zealand Insurance Company, P F Colledge (watchmaker and jeweller), H Williams (ironmonger), and R T Smythe (bookseller and stationer).
On the extreme right of the image the Post Office stands on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand.
Pedestrians and horse drawn carriages are visible along the street.
Photographer, unknown.
On the extreme right of the image the Post Office stands on the corner of Hastings Street and Browning Street. Behind the Post Office is the Bank of New Zealand.
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: 155 x 205mm
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
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1880s-1890s?
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr C D Cornford
Other number(s)
56/28, Album 12, 2241, 77781
Accession number
56/28
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Subject place
Subject category
Buildings and structures
Archive classification
Commercial premises
Public buildings
Postal Offices
Banks
Hotels
Retail establishments
Business and trade
Banking and Finance
Insurance
Retail
Bookseller and Stationer
Clothing and accessories
Tobacconists
Watchmakers and jewellers
Grocery Trade
Local history
History
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