Recovering Bodies, Hastings Street
Maker
Crown Studios
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
A photograph of a group of men recovering a body outside the Bestalls Building on Hastings Street, Napier, following the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931. A group of police officers hold a cloth sack over bricks and mortar in the street. Three civilians stand in the road.
Photographer, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Maker
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to card with an additional photograph on the reverse.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 130 x 195mm
Height x Width: 174 x 235mm
Height x Width: 174 x 235mm
Signature/Inscription
The Crown Studios, Wellington, Embossed, Embossed
80.1931.Feb.3., Inscription, Handwritten
80.1931.Feb.3., Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 7182
Other number(s)
7182, 83377
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