IMAGE
Remains of Mr Hall's house destroyed by a tsunami - Photograph taken by Harold J Dunstan
- Date
- March 1947
- By
- Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947
- Reference
- PAColl-0785-1-159-01
- Description
The wreckage of Mr and Mrs A F Hall's house at Pouawa, destroyed by a tsunami 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. Remains of Mr Hall's place. Post standing in kitchen in which he, wife, and friend were trapped. This was slewed round. Three other rooms demolished. P 9/4/47. Dunstan ass.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 19.7 x 12 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, 19.7 x 12 cm
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Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947. Remains of Mr Hall's house destroyed by a tsunami - Photograph taken by Harold J Dunstan. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-0785-1-159-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23153730More information can be found in our terms of use.