Napier - Taupo Road, Hawke's Bay
Maker
Newport, Rex Frederick
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
A photograph of fissures in the earth, thought to have been taken at the top of Rissington Hill, on the Napier - Taupo Road. A man is pictured sitting in one of the large cracks. The photograph was taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake on 3 February 1931.
Photographer, Rex Newport.
Photographer, Rex Newport.
Maker
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 66 x 109mm
Signature/Inscription
On the Taupo Road
Top of Rissington Hill
Napier Quake
1931, Inscription, Handwritten
Top of Rissington Hill
Napier Quake
1931, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 10616
Credit Line
gifted by Beverley Riley
Other number(s)
m2001/25/14, 10616, 84011
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