Esk Valley flood

Object detail

About this object

Photograph of the aftermath of flooding in the Esk Valley in April 1938 where up to three metres of silt covered the area.

Maker

Ivan Hall

Production date

Apr 1938

Production place

Hawke's Bay/North Island/New Zealand

Production period

1930s/20th Century

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph

Media/Materials

Paper/Photographic/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 64 x 89mm

Signature/Inscription

Esk Valley flood / (silt) / April 1938, Inscription

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Subject date

Apr 1938

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit Line

gifted by Kevin Hall

Other number(s)

2018/18/21, 20725, 95629

Accession number

2018/18/21

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Place made

Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject place

Eskdale Hastings District Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Floods Disaster Archive classification

Subject auto tags

Sky Ecoregion Plant Tree Mountain Natural environment Black-and-white Land lot Style Natural landscape

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