| Title |
Photographs of Bermuda, circa 1910 |
| Reference |
Y3070B |
| Creator |
Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1910 |
| Extent and Medium |
13 images in 1 file; Photographs are in generally fair condition (although with some fading and yellowng). |
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| Content and context |
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Photographer unknown.
Contains loose photographs of various sizes with pencilled captions on the reverse of the prints. The photographs show scenes in and around Hamilton (especially the harbour).
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| Further information |
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Indexed
This file is available on microfiche: South America/Caribbean, fiche number 9.
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| Index Terms |
| Bermuda |
| Europe |
| North and Central America |
| United Kingdom |
| RCS/Fisher/Y3070B contains: |
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Steamer 'Bermudian' entering Hamilton Harbour. 130 x 77 mm. A view looking out over the harbour and showing the twin-funnelled 'Bermudian' in the distance.
Good condition.. |
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New York mail steamer 'Bermudian' entering narrow channel at entrance of Hamilton Harbour. 152 x 101 mm. A closer view of the 'Bermudian' steaming into harbour.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing at edges.. |
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Grassy Bay : 2 cruisers of the 4th Cr. Squadron. 102 x 78 mm. Showing two cruisers steaming into Hamilton Harbour. The headland visible behind the ships is the northernmost point of Ireland Island which lies to the north-west of Hamilton and contains a dockyard with access into Grassy Bay.
Good condition.. |
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Dinghy racing. 115 x 90 mm. Showing a group of small dinghys sailing in Hamilton Harbour. |
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Heart of Sir Geo. Somers here interred. 101 x 151 mm. Showing the tablet erected in 1875 to Sir George Somers near the spot where his heart was interred in Bermuda. Somers was wrecked in Bermuda in 1609 and after building another boat on the island left with supplies for the Virginia Company's settlement at Jamestown (his original mission). On arrival they found the settlers starving and Somers volunteered to return to Bermuda for more supplies. He died however in Bermuda in1610, urging his men on his deathbed to return to Virginia with the promised supplies (a request they ignored). The tablet speaks of his attempts to 'carry succour to the infant and suffering plantations now the State of Virginia.'.
Good condition.. |
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The cathedral. 133 x 81 mm. Showing the cathedral in Hamilton, the building of which was started in 1866 and finally completed in 1911. The cathedral stands on the site of the former Trinity Church which was totally destroyed by fire in 1884.
Good condition.. |
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Hamilton from Fort Hamilton. 242 x 193 mm. A view looking over the town towards the harbour with small islands dotted here and there in the distance.
Fair condition, some yellowing and slight fading.. |
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H.M. Dockyard and Grassy Bay : H.M.S. Dominion in dock. 245 x 194 mm. A view from a hillside on Ireland Island looking across towards the dockyard and Grassy Bay, with the battleship 'Dominion' in dock near the bay.
Fair condition, apart from some yellowing.. |
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Floating docks, H.M. Dockyard, Bda (H.M.S. 'Dominion'). 245 x 194 mm. A close up of the floating docks on Ireland Island with HMS 'Dominion' secured inside. |
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Bell of the 'Shannon'. 194 x 244 mm. Showing the bell of HMS 'Shannon', dated 1740 and set into the Bermuda dockyard wall. The bell celebrates the victory of the 'Shannon' over the USS 'Chesaspeke' outside Boston during the war of 1813. 'Shannon' probably came to Bermuda to refit and left the bell as a trophy.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing and a bend across the print.. |
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Government House : north-west front. 245 x 193 mm. Showing the front façade of Government House. This, the second Government House, was first occupied in 1892.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing.. |
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Native Bermudians. 192 x 240 mm. Showing a group of young Bermudians standing on a large coral rock. Photograph by Wm Weiss and Co.
Creator: William Weiss and Co.
Fair condition, overall yellowing, slight fading.. |
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A lily-field, Bermuda. 246 x 193 mm. Showing a field of flowering lilies, one of Bermuda's major seasonal exports.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing.. |
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