Sorrell, Charles, 1855-1932 :Photographs of Napier and surrounding countryside

Three photographs, possibly all taken by Charles Sorrell in 1906.

View overlooking Napier with Ashton's Cabinet Works in foreground and Clive Square in the middle distance. Opposite Ashton's Cabinet Works is a large open space and children at play. Several churches can be seen (Trinity Methodist Church and St Patrick's Catholic Church); Caledonian Hotel and Provincial Hotel; and a primary school near Clive Square. Tennyson Street is in the lower lefthand corner and Emerson Street runs parallel to it in the middle distance.

Napier Technical School, a large two-storey brick building. Group of ten men are standing outside, some wearing workmen's aprons.

View of the Petane Valley from Napier-Taupo road. There is a car in the foreground with a driver and three passengers.

Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Petane Valley. Napier-Taupo Rd. Protected 17/9/06 Sorrell Photo. Napier

Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: 3 x 159 x 205 mm mounted on card 530 x 250 mm