Marine Parade, Wairoa

Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Photograph of damaged buildings along Marine Parade in Wairoa taken in the aftermath of the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 3 February 1931. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies the buildings as the premises of, from left to right, Moors, Jones Bookshop, and Humphrey Furniture Shop. The buildings collapsed as a result of the quake. People can be seen cleaning up debris on the right side of the photograph.

Photographer, unknown.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph.
Measurements
Height x Width: 70 x 115mm
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Credit Line
gifted by Alan Hall
Other number(s)
2013/67/4, 17459, 89072
Accession number
2013/67/4

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