View of Napier, Bluff Hill
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About this object
View of Napier taken during the reconstruction of the Central Business District following the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931.
The photograph has been taken from Bluff Hill looking south east. Tennyson Street runs through the centre of the image. Among the buildings that are visible along the far side of the street are the Masonic Hotel, the Market Reserve Building, Bowman’s Building, the Kaiapoi Building, Gladstone Chambers and Halsbury Chambers, all of which were completed in 1932. On the opposite side of the road, construction is underway on a number of buildings including the Bryant’s Building (located opposite the Market Reserve Building) and the Daily Telegraph Building (completed 1933).
Emerson Street is visible to the right of Tennyson Street. In the distance, Norfolk Island Pines can be seen along Marine Parade.
The photograph is thought to have been taken in October 1932.
Photographer, unknown.
The photograph has been taken from Bluff Hill looking south east. Tennyson Street runs through the centre of the image. Among the buildings that are visible along the far side of the street are the Masonic Hotel, the Market Reserve Building, Bowman’s Building, the Kaiapoi Building, Gladstone Chambers and Halsbury Chambers, all of which were completed in 1932. On the opposite side of the road, construction is underway on a number of buildings including the Bryant’s Building (located opposite the Market Reserve Building) and the Daily Telegraph Building (completed 1933).
Emerson Street is visible to the right of Tennyson Street. In the distance, Norfolk Island Pines can be seen along Marine Parade.
The photograph is thought to have been taken in October 1932.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued onto card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 65 x 108mm
Signature/Inscription
Oct/32, Inscription, Handwritten
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
H.B. Art Gallery and Museum, Stamp, Stamped
Classification terms
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Subject period
Subject date
Oct 1932
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 3275 c
Credit Line
gifted by Miss Aileen M Andersen
Other number(s)
m65/1, 3275c, 82964
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