Cracks in Battery Road, Ahuriri after earthquake

Maker
Martin, Ray
Bell, Wanganui
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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The photograph shows fissures along the edge of Battery Road, Ahuriri after the devastation of the 3 February 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. A car has stopped and two men are present, one of the whom is standing in the fissure to show its depth.

Photographer, Ray Martin.
Date, possibly 3 or 4 February 1931.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Measurements
Height x Width: 110 x 67mm
Signature/Inscription
Print by Bell Wanganui, Stamp, Stamp
Subject period
Subject date
03 Feb 1931
04 Feb 1931
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19451
Credit Line
gifted by David Martin
Other number(s)
2015/6/2, 19451, 92049
Accession number
2015/6/2

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