Flood, unidentified location
Production date
Circa 1938
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Photograph of a flooded field with a farm house in the distance. The property pictured possibly belonged to Mr John Tait, whose farm was located opposite Petane Grange at the mouth of the Esk River.
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: 113 x 158mm
Height x Width: 133 x 181mm
Height x Width: 133 x 181mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Circa 1938
Current rights
Credit Line
from the estate of Mr George Nelson
Other number(s)
m65/18, 3326, 81976
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