Places

Date: 1931

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996

Reference: B-155-019

Description: Shows a group of three men seated on a plank reading the news bulletin during a break in their recovery work. In the right foreground two hot billies are slung on a stick. In the left background is a wrecked car, and further off the background scene is of devastated buildings. Title from accompanying slip of paper. Other Titles - Don McNab One of a series of paintings made by MacNab, an eighteen-year-old student at Napier Technical College, immediately after the earthquake. He worked day and night for two days, and daily thereafter, to make a pictorial record of the event (See "Dominion", 27 January 1989, page 6). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 280 x 438 mm (sight) Transfers: A video from the same provenance, in which Donald McNab talks about painting a collection of pictures after the earthquake, is held at OHColl-0794-1..

Date: 1931

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14

Reference: PAColl-6585-73

Description: Napier after the 1931 earthquake. The Public Trust Office is visible. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.5 x 13.8 cm

Date: 1931

From: Terreni, Vince :Photograph albums of photographs taken by Lance Terreni of aircraft and various North Island places

By: Terreni, Lance, 1895-1988

Reference: PA1-o-700-03-1

Description: View of Marine Parade, Napier, after the earthquake of 1931. On the Left can be seen the Napier Club, and the damaged Upoko Poito Private Hospital (Dr Moore's Hospital). Photographed by Lance Terreni in 1931 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1931

Reference: 1/2-060932-F

Description: House damaged by the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Feb 1931

Reference: 1/2-135767-F

Description: Road affected by the earthquake in Hawkes Bay, February 1931. Taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1931

From: Pickering E, fl 1977 :Photographs of the Napier earthquake

Reference: 1/2-002941-F

Description: Upoko Poito Private Hospital at 10 Marine Parade, Napier, extensively damaged by the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Taken by an unidentified photographer. The hospital was founded by Dr Walter William Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Dr Moore's Pvte Hospital Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1931

From: Insurance Council of New Zealand :Photographs of people associated with Insurance Companies and Underwriters' Associations, and various related insurance activities

Reference: PA1-f-145-22

Description: Map of part of Napier City bounded by Marine Parade, and Raffles and Hastings streets, showing the position of, and intentifying, buildings in the block. Quantity: 1 Coloured plan of streets and buildings in Block No.4a.

Date: 1931

From: Insurance Council of New Zealand :Photographs of people associated with Insurance Companies and Underwriters' Associations, and various related insurance activities

Reference: PA1-f-145-27

Description: Map of part of Napier City bounded by Dickens, Dalton and Emerson streets, and Clive Square showing the position of, and intentifying, buildings in the block. Quantity: 1 coloured plan of streets and buildings in Block No.9.

Date: 1931

From: Insurance Council of New Zealand :Photographs of people associated with Insurance Companies and Underwriters' Associations, and various related insurance activities

Reference: PA1-f-145-02-1

Description: Dr Walter William Moore's Upoko Poito Private Hospital, 10 Marine Parade, Napier, damaged by the earthquake in 1931. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1931 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1931

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to earthquakes, earthquake preparedness]

By: Napier Citizens' Control Committee

Reference: Eph-A-EARTHQUAKE-1931-01

Description: This card is filled in for Clifton Woodhouse, aged 2, of address Balquiddar Road. The card "is not transferable and must be produced when obtaining food supplies or hot meals". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) on card. Physical Description: Letterpress and holograph on card, 87 x 105 mm.

Date: 1931

From: Insurance Council of New Zealand :Photographs of people associated with Insurance Companies and Underwriters' Associations, and various related insurance activities

Reference: PA1-f-145-24

Description: Map of part of Napier City bounded by Dalton, Vautier, Hastings, and Dickens streets, showing the position of, and intentifying, buildings in the block. Quantity: 1 Coloured plan of streets and buildings in Block No.6.

Date: [ca 3 February 1931]

From: Buckley, Maurice W (Mrs) :Photographs and albums, including photographs of the Napier earthquake; Southern Cross aeroplane; Catalina flying boat; aerial photographs of the South Island, particularly the Southern Alps; and others

Reference: PAColl-0813-01

Description: Aerial view of Napier after the 1931 earthquake. Shows destroyed buildings. Image is indistinct Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Napier Earthquake 3.2.31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931

From: Daroux, James Henry, 1870-1943 :Collection of negatives and prints

Reference: PAColl-3034-07

Description: View of the Williams' Buildings in Hastings Street, Napier, after the 1931 earthquake. Shows the premises of Kelly's Kash Store and [A?] Beecham, saddler, and the remains of the Napier Dairy Company building. Photograph taken by James Henry Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1931

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996

Reference: B-155-020

Description: Shows one remaining wall, two storeys high, of the brick hotel. There is debris in the left foreground. Title from accompanying slip of paper. Other Titles - Don McNab One of a series of paintings made by MacNab, an eighteen-year-old student at Napier Technical College, immediately after the earthquake. He worked day and night for two days, and daily thereafter, to make a pictorial record of the event (See "Dominion", 27 January 1989, page 6). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 272 x 405 mm (sight) Transfers: A video from the same provenance, in which Donald McNab talks about painting a collection of pictures after the earthquake, is held at OHColl-0794-1..

Date: [ca 3 February 1931]

From: Buckley, Maurice W (Mrs) :Photographs and albums, including photographs of the Napier earthquake; Southern Cross aeroplane; Catalina flying boat; aerial photographs of the South Island, particularly the Southern Alps; and others

Reference: PAColl-0813-02

Description: Aerial view of Napier after the 1931 earthquake. Shows destroyed buildings. Image is indistinct Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Napier Earthquake 3.2.31 Best neg is 1/2-135884 (transcribed from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996

Reference: B-155-024

Description: Shows a large pile of debris, wood, stone and red tiles, being the remains of "the once beautiful Nurses' Home where seven nurses died and many were injured". It was "once considered one of Napier's most beautiful buildings". Title information on accompanying slip of paper. Reproduced on cards (see E-592-070 and E-592-071). Other Titles - Don McNab Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 240 x 402 mm. Transfers: A video from the same provenance, in which Donald McNab talks about painting a collection of pictures after the earthquake, is held at OHColl-0794-1..

Date: 1931

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14

By: Hurst, Arthur Bendigo, 1890-1964

Reference: PAColl-6585-78

Description: Ruins of the Opera House, Napier, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Man unidentified. Photograph taken by Arthur Bendigo Hurst. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Opera House (destroyed) A B Hurst Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.8 x 13.7 cm

Date: 1931

From: DSIR Christchurch : Photographs

By: Hurst, Arthur Bendigo, 1890-1964

Reference: PAColl-7849-01

Description: Ruins of the Masonic Hotel in Napier, after the 1931 earthquake, before the fire. Photograph taken by Arthur Bendigo Hurst. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.6 cm

Date: ca 3 Feb 1931

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14

Reference: PAColl-6585-97

Description: Evacuating Napier Hospital after the 1931 earthquake. Photograph taken circa 3 February, probably by Arthur Bendigo Hurst. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Victims of the Quake Napier NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.4 x 20.4 cm

Date: 1930

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996

Reference: B-155-022

Description: Shows a fashionably dressed woman and child in the right foreground beside a new car, with the new nurses' home, of Spanish Mission style, in the background. This painting won the New Zealand Technical College art prize, where contestants were required to depict a modern building,modern car, and modern fashion. Seven nurses lost their lives when this building was destroyed in 1931. Other Titles - Don McNab Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Gouache, 268 x 330 mm (sight) Transfers: A video from the same provenance, in which Donald McNab talks about painting a collection of pictures after the earthquake, is held at OHColl-0794-1..