Liquefaction, Hawke's Bay
Maker
White, Leo Lemuel
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of what is recorded as being fine sand ejected by water spouts squeezed from the earth, a phenomenon commonly referred to today as liquefaction. Taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931.
Photographer, Leo White.
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: 80 x 107mm
Signature/Inscription
HB Earthquake 1931. Fine sand ejected by water spouts squeezed from earth., Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16502
Credit Line
gifted by W C Newell
Other number(s)
m84/6, 16502, 82600
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