Embankment Road, Westshore
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
View of a damaged road taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931.
Part of the road on the left side of the photograph has subsided. Two cars are trapped in the damaged road surface. A group of men pose for the photograph beside one of the cars. The photograph is thought to have been taken along Embankment Road in Westshore.
Photographer, unknown.
Part of the road on the left side of the photograph has subsided. Two cars are trapped in the damaged road surface. A group of men pose for the photograph beside one of the cars. The photograph is thought to have been taken along Embankment Road in Westshore.
Photographer, unknown.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph housed in a photograph album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Album (closed): Height x Width x Depth/Length: 191 x 263 x 15mm
These dimensions represent the size of the photograph as visible through the inset window in the album page.: Height x Width: 57 x 101mm
These dimensions represent the size of the photograph as visible through the inset window in the album page.: Height x Width: 57 x 101mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16799
Credit Line
gifted by Paul Canham
Other number(s)
m96/12, 16799, 84443
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