Postcard, Milton Road Slip
Production date
Circa 1905
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Photograph postcard showing houses affected by a landslip on Milton Road in Napier following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake centred inland from Cape Turnagain on 9 August 1904.
The photograph has been taken near the foot of Milton Road. In the foreground, a landslip has pushed two timber houses off their foundations. The house on the right has its roof slightly caved in while the house in the middle has lost its boundary fence. Seven onlookers view the scene from the middleground and background. Houses running along Colenso Avenue on the hill above are visible in the background.
The reverse is entitled: Post Card. For Inland Postage only this Space may be Used for Communications. The Address Only to be Written Here.
The photograph has been taken near the foot of Milton Road. In the foreground, a landslip has pushed two timber houses off their foundations. The house on the right has its roof slightly caved in while the house in the middle has lost its boundary fence. Seven onlookers view the scene from the middleground and background. Houses running along Colenso Avenue on the hill above are visible in the background.
The reverse is entitled: Post Card. For Inland Postage only this Space may be Used for Communications. The Address Only to be Written Here.
Production date
Circa 1905
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed ink on photographic paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 88 x 139mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 09 Aug 1904
Current rights
Credit Line
gifted by Valerie Hart
Other number(s)
2014/7, 18298, 90018
Accession number
2014/7
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