Munroe Street, Napier
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About this object
View of Munroe Street, Napier, taken looking towards Cape Kidnappers, possibly in the late nineteenth century. The right side of the street is lined with mature trees. Younger trees line the left side of the street. The railway yards are visible on the right side of the photograph.
Cape Kidnappers is visible in the distance.
Photographer, unknown.
Cape Kidnappers is visible in the distance.
Photographer, unknown.
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Black and white photograph.
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Measurements
Height x Width: 107 x 150mm
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Subject period
Subject date
Late 19th Century?
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Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 1817
Other number(s)
1817, 78395
Public comments
The trees on the left are younger trees, but re-growth on mature trees that had been pollarded. There had been several of the trees removed over the preceding 8-years, and by 1903 the call was becoming more insistent from residents. It still took a year First a note in the paper advising a decision HAWKE'S BAY HERALD, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 12868, 21 SEPTEMBER 1904 "It is understood that a proposal will be made at the meeting of the Napier Borough Council to-night to cut the gum trees on the east side of Munroe street down to a height of 15ft, and perhaps remove every other tree in places." Followed by the Advertisement advising tenders being called HAWKE'S BAY HERALD, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 12877, 1 OCTOBER 1904 that follows Tenders. BOROUGH OF NAPIER. TO BUSHMEN. TENDERS are invited for Lopping the Gum Trees in Munroe-street, Specifications at the Corporation Office, where Tenders are to be deposited in the Tender Box before NOON of WEDNESDAY, October 5th in Sealed Envelopes marked "Tender for Gum Trees." M. N. BOWER. Town Clerk. Corporation Office, September 27th, 1904
- Garry Clapperton posted 4 years ago.