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MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996 :Nurses' Home (before). 1930. Published by K & J Percy...

Date: 1931 - 1999 - 2001

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996; Percy, Kevin, active 1990s

Reference: E-592-069

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. The original 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 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 120 x 177 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..

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MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996 :Nurses' home (after) 1931. Published by K & J Percy, ...

Date: 1931 - 1999 - 2001

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996; Percy, Kevin, active 1990s

Reference: E-592-070

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 verso. Other Titles - Don McNab Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on postcard 120 x 177 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..

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MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996 :Nurses' Home (before & after). Published by K & J Per...

Date: 1931 - 1999 - 2001

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996; Percy, Kevin, active 1990s

Reference: E-592-071

Description: Top image 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. Lower image shows the pile of debris which was all that remained of the building after the earthquake. Seven nurses lost their lives when this building was destroyed in 1931. Other Titles - Don McNab Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 120 x 177 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..

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