Wooden house, Geddis house, Napier
Maker
Sinclair, Ernest
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows the damage, caused by the 3 February 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, to a wooden house situated on the top of Bluff Hill, Napier. The photograph has been taken from Lighthouse Road. The house on the top of the horizon belongs to the Geddis family. The roof has caved in. The house shown below appears to be intact. Ernest Sinclair has written underneath the photograph: Gedde's [sic] House overlooking Bluff Hill. Distant view from Lighthouse Rd.
Photographer, Ernest Sinclair.
Date, post 3 February 1931. Possibly March/April.
Photographer, Ernest Sinclair.
Date, post 3 February 1931. Possibly March/April.
Maker
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph held in place in an album with photo corners.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 110 x 68mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19698
Credit Line
gifted by Brian Sherborne
Other number(s)
2015/31/49, 19698, 92418
Accession number
2015/31/49
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