Fish stranded by a tsunami - Photograph taken by Harold J Dunstan

Fish stranded by a tsunami - Photograph taken by Harold J Dunstan
Date
March 1947
By
Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947
Reference
PAColl-0785-1-159-02
Description

Two men holding fish stranded by the tsunami that hit the coast north of Gisborne on the 26th of March 1947. Photographed by Harold J Dunstan in March 1947.

Published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 9th of April 1947.

Inscriptions: Verso - Tidal wave damage - Gisborne. Many fish were left stranded and many residents ..... These fish were found well above water mark. P 9/4/47. H J Dunstan Box 233 Gisborne.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14.2 x 15.5 cm

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Part of
New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives / New Zealand personalities and events
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Portraits, Silver gelatin print, 14.2 x 15.5 cm
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