IMAGE
MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996 :Servicemen clearing debris in Hastings Street. "Tom Parker" building in centre; "Hannahs" building on far left. [19]31.
- Date
- 1931
- By
- MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996
- Reference
- B-155-021
- Description
Shows a general view of the street covered in debris and flanked by the shells of damaged buildings. Servicemen in white uniforms are looking at the mess and helping to clear it. The building at the right has the name "G. Cox" painted on it.
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, 278 x 408 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..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 278 x 408 mm (sight), Orientation: Horizontal image
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MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996. MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996 :Servicemen clearing debris in Hastings Street. "Tom Parker" building in centre; "Hannahs" building on far left. [19]31.. Ref: B-155-021. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22708761More information can be found in our terms of use.