Empire Hotel, Shakespeare Road, Napier

Object detail

About this object

View of the Empire Hotel on Shakespeare Road in Napier, taken after the 3 February 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. The front section of the building collapsed as a result of the earthquake. A low stone wall is visible in the foreground. Shakespeare Road is lined with rubble.

Photographer, Gradwell & Rice.

Maker

Gradwell & Rice

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 67 x 104mm

Signature/Inscription

Gradwell & Rice H.B.,, Stamp, Stamped

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

Empire Hotel

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, 16836

Other number(s)

16836, 84598

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Local history History Archive classification Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931 Hotels Commercial premises Buildings and structures Motor vehicles Transport

Subject auto tags

Motor vehicle Sky Black Window Vehicle Tire Building Black-and-white Wheel Mode of transport

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