Donor unknown: Scenes of trains, Hawke's Bay earthquake and a wool shed

Date
[ca 1930s-1940s]
Reference
PAColl-6848
Description

25 images including two of what is probably earthquake damage to buildings in Hawke's Bay following the 1931 earthquake; four of a gathering at a wool shed flying the union jack (location unknown); one of the war memorial in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; one of a small wooden church without a tower or steeple (location unknown); a general view of the town where the same church is located; two of a derailment; eight of various locomotives, steam, diesel and electric, including one of a railcar sitting at Wellington Railway Station and one of an electric locomotive and carriages at Paekakariki station; one of a line of buses at a rural depot with passengers waiting; two boys and a man next to their car; a boy crouching next to a man; and a landscape (location unknown). Photographer(s) unidentified.

Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029898 to 029903, 030017, 030035 to 030036, 030039, 030044 to 030050, 030997, 031000 to 031003, 031006, 031011 and 031015.

Quantity: 25 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Film negatives

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Format
25 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negatives
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Copyright

Unknown