Deconstruction, Napier

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About this object

View of an unidentified building, possibly in central Napier, being deconstructed following the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931. In the foreground a Bay City digger is pouring a load of rubble into the back of a truck.

Photographer, unknown.

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 81 x 106mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Subject date

1931-1932

Current rights

Public Domain

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 5420 g

Credit Line

gifted by Miss Muriel Finnis

Other number(s)

m77/20, 5420 g, 83006

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Local history History Archive classification Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Construction and demolition Building and planning

Subject auto tags

Vehicle Sky Asphalt Building Motor vehicle Machine Event Metal Monochrome Wood

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