Scrapbook, Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum

Maker
Hawke's Bay Museum & Art Gallery
Production date
1939-1951
Current rights
Public Domain

Object detail

Brief Description
Scrapbook, titled H B A G M. The scrapbook contains newspaper cuttings relating to the Hawke's Bay Art Gallery and Museum, Napier, for the period December 1939 to December 1951. The newspaper cuttings cover topics such as building works, new acquisitions, exhibitions and performances. Among the newspaper cuttings are several obituaries of donors and members of the Hawke's Bay Art Society, including those of Lady Florence Kate McLean, Miss Cora Mabel Vivian Fannin, and Roland Hipkins.

Also included in the scrapbook are Post Office telegrams congratulating the museum's Director, Leonard Delabere Bestall, on receiving an M B E in 1949, and a black and white photograph of two members of the museum staff modelling a three-dimensional map of the Hawke's Bay.
Production date
1939-1951
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Card covered with brown paper; linen spine; printed in ink on newsprint; handwritten in ink on paper; black and white photograph.
Measurements
Height x Width: 353 x 241mm
Subject date
Dec 1939-Dec 1951
Other number(s)
88649

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