Fire destroys Napier
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
A photograph of central Napier being engulfed in smoke from the fires that followed the Hawke's Bay earthquake on the 3rd of February 1931.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, 3 February 1931.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, 3 February 1931.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 68 x 107mm
Signature/Inscription
H.B Art Gallery & Museum, Stamp, Stamped
fire destroys the town, Inscription, Handwritten
fire destroys the town, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 4454 m
Credit Line
gifted by Miss N Pallot
Other number(s)
m71/43, 4454 m, 83369
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