A car shed destroyed by a tsunami, Tatapouri, Gisborne

A car shed destroyed by a tsunami, Tatapouri, Gisborne
Date
March 1947
Reference
PAColl-0785-1-159-03
Description

Roof of wrecked car shed at the Tatapouri Hotel. The car shed was destroyed by a tsunami on the 26 March 1947. Photographed by an unknown photographer in March 1947.

Published in the New Zealand Free Lance on the 2nd of April 1947.

Inscriptions: Verso - A car shed near Tatapouri Hotel (in background). Tidal wave. Gisborne. Tatapouri. P 2/4/1947. Tyerman Chemist Gisborne.

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

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 1.6 x 1.2 cm

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Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives / New Zealand personalities and events
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print, 1.6 x 1.2 cm
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