Port Ahuriri, Napier
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
View of Port Ahuriri, Napier, taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on 3 February 1931.
The photograph has been taken from Napier Hill looking towards the harbour. At the centre of the image, a building has completely collapsed. Smoke from the fires that broke out in Ahuriri following the earthquake can be seen billowing along the shoreline. The left foreground is dominated by a power or telegraph pole.
Photographer, unknown.
The photograph has been taken from Napier Hill looking towards the harbour. At the centre of the image, a building has completely collapsed. Smoke from the fires that broke out in Ahuriri following the earthquake can be seen billowing along the shoreline. The left foreground is dominated by a power or telegraph pole.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 168 x 217mm
Signature/Inscription
Copyright. Photograph by "The Evening Post" Wellington - N.Z., Stamp, Stamped
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Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 15810
Credit Line
gifted by Barry Hellberg
Other number(s)
2012/46/21, 15810, 80257
Accession number
2012/46/21
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