Old Men’s Home, Park Island, Napier

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About this object

View of the Old Men’s Home at Park Island, Napier, taken after the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931. A group of men stand amid the rubble in the foreground.

Photographer, unknown.

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 59 x 85mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Subject date

Post 03 Feb 1931

Current rights

Public Domain

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 16805

Other number(s)

16805, 84506

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Archive classification Local history History Buildings and structures

Subject auto tags

Sky Wood Lumber Crew Event Blue-collar worker Tree Tradesman Composite material Building material

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