Flood, unidentified location
Production date
Circa 1938
Current rights
Public Domain
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Photograph of a flood at an unidentified locality. A road runs away from the camera to the right. The road has been flooded. A car is parked along the road. Two people stand on the road looking at the flood waters. More people can be seen in the distance.
The photograph was possibly taken in 1938 when prolonged heavy rain over three days caused severe flooding in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Most roads suffered from slips or flooding. The hardest hit area was Esk Valley in Hawke's Bay where most homes and farmland was buried by silt or ruined by floodwaters and landslides.
Photographer, unknown.
The photograph was possibly taken in 1938 when prolonged heavy rain over three days caused severe flooding in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Most roads suffered from slips or flooding. The hardest hit area was Esk Valley in Hawke's Bay where most homes and farmland was buried by silt or ruined by floodwaters and landslides.
Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Circa 1938
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 115 x 159mm
Height x Width: 125 x 171mm
Height x Width: 125 x 171mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Circa 1938
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr George Nelson
Other number(s)
m65/18, 3325, 81973
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