Ahuriri Lagoon, Westshore

Maker
White, Leo Lemuel
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of the Ahuriri Lagoon in Westshore taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931. Ced Newell investigates the shellfish that remain on the surface of the uplifted lagoon.

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.
Measurements
Height x Width: 81 x 107mm
Signature/Inscription
Quake 1931 - Westshore - Napier.
Emptied Harbour Lagoon - Became the airport., Inscription, Handwritten
Napier Earthquake 1931.
Inner Harbour. Thousands of Razor (shell) fish "surface", Inscription, Handwritten
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16515
Credit Line
gifted by W C Newell
Other number(s)
m84/6, 16515, 82674

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