Central Hotel in ruins, Napier
Maker
Scanlon, Robert Cornelius
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of the site of the Central Hotel on the corner of Emerson and Dalton Streets in Napier taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931. The temporary Central Hotel bar can be seen behind the piles of rubble. In the distance, the Dalgety and Company building stands on the corner of Dalton and Dickens Streets.
Photographer, Bob Scanlon.
Photographer, Bob Scanlon.
Maker
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Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 87 x 61mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 5696 - 14
Credit Line
gifted by Mr Michael Scanlon
Other number(s)
m81/26, 5696 - 14, 83364
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