Post Office, Hastings
Maker
Muir & Moodie
Production date
Circa 1905
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
A photographic postcard of the Post Office and Telegraph building on the corner of Station Street [later Russell Street] and Queen Street in Hastings. The photograph is thought to have been taken around 1905. In front of the building there is a man sitting at the wheel of a motor car. Other businesses visible in the image are the London and Lancashire fire insurance company, and H [Henry] Williams & Sons, hardware merchants, plumbers and gasfitters, and general ironmongers.
Production date
Circa 1905
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Hand coloured photographic postcard.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 88 x 137mm
Signature/Inscription
4133 P. C. Post Office. Hastings N. Z., Printed, Printed
Muir & Moodie, Printed, Printed
Muir & Moodie, Printed, Printed
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
1905
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 9216
Credit Line
purchased by the Hawke’s Bay Art Gallery and Museum
Other number(s)
m94/104, 9216, 82232
Public comments
Location cnr Station Street and Queen St ... Photo date would be circa 1905 ( because motorcar in photo )
- Geoff Johnston posted 5 years ago.