Browning Street, Napier
Maker
White, Leo Lemuel
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of Browning Street, Napier, taken on the 3rd of February 1931, soon after the Hawke's Bay earthquake. Pictured at the right of the photograph is the Williams and Kettle building. Next to this, on the corner of Browning Street and Shakespeare Road, is the AMP Building. Across from this is the Former Ministry of Works.
The photograph is captioned: Feb 3 1931, As arriving pressmen found Napier that tragic afternoon.
Photographer, Leo White.
The photograph is captioned: Feb 3 1931, As arriving pressmen found Napier that tragic afternoon.
Photographer, Leo White.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph, housed in a folder of plastic sleeves.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 125 x 204mm
Signature/Inscription
Feb 3, 1931 - As arriving pressmen found Napier that tragic afternoon., Inscription, Typed
Napier (NZ) after Earthquake Feb 1931, Inscription, Handwritten
Napier (NZ) after Earthquake Feb 1931, Inscription, Handwritten
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Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16473
Credit Line
gifted by W C Newell
Other number(s)
m84/6, 16473, 82414
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