Williams and Kettle Building, Wairoa

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About this object

A photograph depicting the Williams and Kettle building in Wairoa damaged, broken and slipping into the Wairoa River as a result of the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931.

Photographer, Don Frost.

Maker

Don Frost; 16 Feb 1908; 17 Dec 1992

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 70 x 115mm

Signature/Inscription

One of casualties of Napier Earthquake. Building slipped into Wairoa River, Wairoa, Inscription, Handwritten

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

Williams & Kettle Ltd (Wairoa)

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Subject date

Post 03 Feb 1931

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit Line

gifted by Jocelyn Fagerstrom

Other number(s)

14159, m2005/57/4, 82765

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Subject place

Wairoa Wairoa District Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania Wairoa River

Subject category

Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Archive classification Rivers and Lakes Environment Buildings and structures

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