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Building damaged during the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 1931
Date: 1931
From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931
Reference: PAColl-0153-12
Description: Building which was damaged during the Hawke's Bay earthquake of 1931. Some of the interior of the building is showing. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Napier after the 1931 earthquake
Date: 1931
From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931
Reference: PAColl-0153-04
Description: Napier after the 1931 earthquake, taken from Shakespeare Road. Widespread damage to buildings can be seen, with some reduced to either shells or piles of rubble. Some of the area is hidden from view by a clump of trees which cover the left hand side of the image. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Napier from Shakespeare Rd Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Building demolished by earthquake, Napier
Date: 1931
From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931
Reference: PAColl-0153-03
Description: View of the rubble of a building that was demolished by the Napier earthquake in 1931. There is one overhead power pole standing next to the demolished building, and there are unidentified people just looking at the rubble. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Hawkes Bay Farmers' Cooperative Association building, Waipukurau, after Hawkes Bay eart...
Date: February 1931
From: Daroux, James Henry, 1870-1943 :Collection of negatives and prints
Reference: 1/4-021395-G
Description: Hawkes Bay Farmers' Cooperative Association building, Waipukurau, after Hawkes' Bay earthquake, 1931. The external brick wall is cracked, and plate glass is broken, but the building was not considered dangerous (information from album PA1-f-145). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
City of Hastings Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand towns
Date: [ca 1920-1943]
By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)
Reference: PAColl-0365
Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).
Edgecumbe house damaged by earthquake - Photographs taken by John Nicholson
Date: [ca 4 March 1987]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1987/1018-F
Description: Photographs of an Edgecumbe house damaged by an earthquake, taken ca 4 March 1987 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Photograph of earthquake damage at Nelson College
Date: [ca 17 June 1929]
From: Scott, Ruth Copland, 1916- :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9195
Description: Photograph of rubble from the collapsed tower of Nelson College, following the Murchison earthquake, taken ca 17 June 1929 probably by Frederick Nelson Jones Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Portion of Nelson College after Earthquake on 17th. June, 1929, at 10.20a.m. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcard). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.1 x 8.9 cm Transfers: From Book Collections - See also Manuscripts Section.
New Zealand Post Office :Photographs of Napier Post Office
Date: [ca 1907], February 1931
By: New Zealand Post Office
Reference: PAColl-4616
Description: Photographs of the interior of Napier Telegraph operating room ca 1907 and of Napier Post Office immediately after the earthquake of February 1931. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints
Tsunami damaged bridge and gas main in Napier, after the 1960 Chilean earthquake - Phot...
Date: [ca 26 May 1960]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
By: Gardiner, Robert I, active 1960
Reference: PAColl-9150-27
Description: Damaged bridge, and gas main between Ahuriri and Westshore, Napier, caused by a tsunami generated by the 1960 Chilean earthquake. Workmen are connecting a temporary gas pipe to the West shore. Photograph taken circa 26 May 1960 by Robt I Gardiner. Publication note - Published in the Evening Post, 26 May 1960. Source of descriptive information - Notes on item, including caption from Evening Post, 26 May 1960, attached to back of print. Inscriptions: Verso - [stamped in ink] Photograph Robt I Gardiner Hastings; Verso - [stamped in ink] 26 May 1960 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15 x 20 cm
Unknown photographer:Napier after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
Date: 1931
Reference: PAColl-7919
Description: Photograph of Napier after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, with Emerson Street and Clive Square in the foreground, taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.3 x 15.7 cm
Builder's premises, Tawa Street, Edgecumbe, damaged by earthquake - Photographs taken b...
Date: 4 March 1987
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Nicholson, John, active 1997
Reference: EP/1987/1012
Description: Original Evening Post caption reads: "A builder's premises leans precariously in hard-hit Tawa Street, Edgecumbe." Photographs of a man peering into the building that was damaged during the Edgecumbe earthquake, taken on 4th March 1987 by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Lovell-Smith, Mr :Photographs of the Hastings area
Date: [ca 1925-1935]
By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948
Reference: PAColl-0451
Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).
Herron, Dorotha :Negatives and photographic prints of the Murchison and Napier earthquakes
Date: 1929
By: Herron, Dorothy, active 1982
Reference: PAColl-0236
Description: Views of the effect of the Murchison earthquake on the landscape and buildings. Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s).
Further photographs
Date: [ca 1890s-1970s]
From: Rogers, Charles Marsden, 1892-1964 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9542
Description: Photographs of tramping trips, houses in Karori, factories, Crown Lynn pottery, taken by Charles Marsden Rogers. Includes postcards of NAC airplanes and old postcards and photographs of sports spectators, wedding party, picnics and boating. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 item(s) of photographic ephemera.
Damage caused by the Napier earthquake
Date: 1931
From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931
Reference: PAColl-0153-05
Description: Damage caused by the Napier earthquake, 1931. Wrecks of cars can be seen up against the curb of the street, and the destruction to buildings is quite extensive. Two men can be seen surveying the damage. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Grocery shop interior, Edgecumbe, showing earthquake damage
Date: 3 March 1987
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1987/0991-F
Description: Glenda swan in her Edgecumbe grocery store, looking at groceries flung from shelves by the earthquake. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 3rd of March 1987. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm
Thompson, P :Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1933
Date: 1931
By: Thomson, Pebble, active 1976
Reference: PAColl-0175
Description: Views of earthquake damage, Napier city, 1933 Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s).
Stuart family on the section on which their house stood before the Inangahua earthquake
Date: 27 August 1968
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1968/3622
Description: Mr and Mrs Stuart and their son Thomas on the section in the Inangahua township on which their house stood before the earthquake. Their house was condemned because of damage. Photographed on 27th August 1968 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negatives, 35mm
Port Ahuriri, after the Napier earthquake
Date: 1931
From: Lewis, Mr : Photographs taken after the Napier earthquake, 1931
Reference: PAColl-0153-01
Description: View of the damage to Port Ahuriri, Napier, after the earthquake of 1931. Piles of rubble can be seen, and shells of some buildings. Three men can be seen walking in the distance. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1931. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - The Port, Napier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Photographic prints, including images of the effects of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
Date: [193-?]
From: Kennett, Robert, 1913-2007 : Photographs, including images taken after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake
By: Thorpe Studio; Tustin, Mabel, 1884-1967
Reference: PAColl-9966
Description: Photographs taken circa 1930s including nine taken by 'Sorrell Photo' (either Charles Sorrell or Percy C Sorrell) showing the effects of 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, chiefly on buildings in Napier, but also two at Port Ahuriri. Also one taken after the fire, and one of a new shopping area at Clive Square, featuring 'Thorp's for Shoes', built after the quake. Also includes a range of other photographs, some probably taken by Robert Kennett, including one of the 'Southern Cross' aeroplane; a crowd at an [accident ?]; [vines ?] at Moerewa, Bay of Islands, and two unidentified wedding portraits, one taken by Mabel Tustin of Wellington, the other by Thorpe Studio of Pukekohe, Auckland. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s) on mounts. 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints