More Info →Post and Telegraph staff and vehicles, Main Street

Description

The lines and workshop staff of Post and Telegraph were located in the Chief Post Office on the corner of Main Street and The Square. In the centre is a Thornycroft truck, which was used to take line supplies over to Napier directly after the earthquake. The next vehicle to the right is a 1938 Ford V8. People identified, from right: Rex Watson; Herbert Edwards; Lew Findlay; Fred Haxton; Fred Bennett; ?auri Waugh(Workshop staff). Rest unknown.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

IMCA Digital Archive 2011

Date

circa 1938 to circa 1939

Digitisation ID

2011P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_005278

Held In

IMCA Digital Archive