Napier Volunteer Fire Police Salvage Corps

Maker
Sorrell, Charles Hudson Cunningham
Production date
1900
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
Portrait of members of the Napier Volunteer Fire Police Salvage Corps taken in 1900.

The group of 20 men are posed in front of the Napier Fire Station. Some of the men are positioned on the back of a horse drawn vehicle.

The sitters are identified on the mount as:
Back row: Driver F Gebbie, Constable R Lynam, Constable W Johnstone, Constable C Hooper, Constable H Hertz, Constable R Thorp, Constable F Tankard, Constable C Minett, Constable T Connor, Constable A Petherick.
Front row: Constable O Brock, 2nd Lieutenant G A Martin, Lieutenant G Nicholson, Ex-captain H P Cohen, Ex-captain T W Balfour, Captain W J Grundy, The Mayor of Napier G H Swan, Constable D Faulknor, 3rd Lieutenant J D Briasco, Constable W Fulton, Constable J W Duff.

Photographer, Charles Sorrell.
Production date
1900
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card.
Measurements
Height x Width: 151 x 206mm
Height x Width: 248 x 280mm
Signature/Inscription
Chas Sorrell
Dickens Street
Napier, Photographers details, Embossed
Subject period
Subject date
1900
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 4765
Credit Line
gifted by the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade
Other number(s)
m71/28, 4765, 82933

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