Hitchman & Son, Battery Road, Napier
Maker
Sinclair, Ernest
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
The photograph shows the damage caused by the 3 February 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake to the Hitchman & Son building on Battery Road, Napier. The tin sides have completely collapsed. Underneath the photograph Ernest Sinclair has written: Wholesale Confectioners - Battery 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: 68 x 110mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 19710
Credit Line
gifted by Brian Sherborne
Other number(s)
2015/31/61, 19710, 92429
Accession number
2015/31/61
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