Napier Reconstruction Committee
Maker
Hurst, Arthur Bendigo
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Black and white studio portrait of the Napier Reconstruction Committee. The Napier Reconstruction Committee, an organisation with representatives from local authorities, business and the professions, was established after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake to investigate the numerous reconstruction needs in the local district. The photograph is contained in an A B Hurst photograph folder. Glued inside the front cover is a typed list of the names of the committee members as follows:
Back row: A Mayne, A B Hurst, P W Peters, H Anderson, R M Chadwick, K McLeay, L Hay
Front row: T M Geddis, Dr Fitzgerald, W G Martin, M S Spence, L Pickering, M R Grant
Back row: A Mayne, A B Hurst, P W Peters, H Anderson, R M Chadwick, K McLeay, L Hay
Front row: T M Geddis, Dr Fitzgerald, W G Martin, M S Spence, L Pickering, M R Grant
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Production period
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted on card with decorative edging and glued inside a card folder. Printed in red ink on front cover; black ink lettering, typed in black ink on paper adhered to inside front cover. The cover has an impressed decorative border.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 195 x 248mm
Height x Width: 237 x 295mm
Height x Width: 237 x 295mm
Signature/Inscription
A B Hurst / NAPIER, N Z, Photographers details
NAPIER RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, Lettering
A B Hurst Studio, Signature
NAPIER RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, Lettering
A B Hurst Studio, Signature
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Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
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Other number(s)
840, 98843
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