| Title |
Photographs of Barbados, circa 1905 |
| Reference |
Y3072A |
| Creator |
Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1905 |
| Extent and Medium |
20 images in 1 file; Prints are in generally good condition. |
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| Content and context |
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Photographer unknown.
Contains loose prints measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm, with pencilled captions on the backs.
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| Further information |
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A note in the typescript catalogue makes a reference to Y3011J.
Indexed
This file is available on microfiche: South America/Caribbean, fiche number 14.
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| Index Terms |
| Barbados |
| British West Indies |
| North and Central America |
| West Indies |
| RCS/Fisher/Y3072A contains: |
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Tercentenary monument, Holetown, St James, Barbados. 148 x 198 mm. A view of the monument erected in 1905 to celebrate the first English landing in Barbados three hundred years before from the ship 'Olive Blossom.' 'They erected a cross and inscribed on a tree the words 'James K of E and this island' thus constituting possession for the crown in whose uninterrupted possession this island has remained' (part of inscription on monument).
Good condition.. |
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[Nelson's statue] Bridgetown, Barbados. 147 x 200 mm. Showing the statue of Nelson which stands in Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown. Sculpted by Sir Richard Westacott, it was paid for and erected by the citizens of Barbados in gratitude for the victory at Trafalgar.
Good condition.. |
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3
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Govt [i.e. Government] House, Barbados. 203 x 150 mm. A view looking across the lawn towards Government House which overlooks the suburb of Belleville.
Good condition.. |
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4
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St Nicholas Abbey, St Lucy [sic], Barbados. 201 x 150 mm. Showing the front façade of this attractive house which is situated in the parish of St Peter not St Lucy. The second oldest house in Barbados, it was built in the late 1650s a few years after Drax Hall.
Good condition.. |
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The Crane Hotel, St Philip, Barbados. 203 x 147 mm. A view looking toward the hotel buildings which stand on a palm covered clifftop overlooking the sea at the south-eastern end of the island. The hotel was one of the most popular in Barbados in the last of the nineteenth century and the beginning of this.
Good condition.. |
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6
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Altar of chapel at Codrington College, Barbados. 147 x 197 mm. A view looking towards the eastern wall of the chapel and showing the altar and curtains beyond. The college was founded from the estate left by Christopher Codrington a wealthy plantation owner and Governor-General of the Leeward Islands (1700-1705) who died in 1710.
Good condition.. |
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7
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St Michael's Cathedral, Barbados. 200 x 142 mm. A view looking along the Cathedral nave towards the altar and stained glass windows of the east wall.
Good condition.. |
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8
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Chamberlain bridge, Landing steps, etc, Barbados. 200 x 140 mm. A view looking down on part of the Bridgetown dock area with a sailing ship moored near the Chamberlain Bridge. Larger steam vessels can be seen at anchor offshore in the deep-water harbour. The bridge was presumably named out of gratitude for Joseph Chamberlain's successful fight to induce the cabinet to abolish the bounty system which encouraged European beet production at the expense of imported West Indian sugar.
Good condition.. |
circa 1910 |
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9
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Roebuck Street, Bridgetown, Barbados. 199 x 145 mm. A view looking along this Bridgetown shopping street with native women carrying loads in baskets, and donkey carts on the roadway.
Good condition.. |
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10
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Native street hawker (yams), Barbados. 144 x 203 mm. Showing a woman carrying a tray of yams on her head.
Good condition.. |
circa 1910 |
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Speightstown, St Peter, Barbados. 202 x 147 mm. A view from the harbour showing the jetty and waterfront houses of this west coast town. The church tower can be seen behind the harbour houses.
Good condition.. |
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The Hole, Holetown, St James, Barbados : place of landing of first settlers (1605). Showing the small bay with the open sea beyond where the passengers from the 'Olive Blossom' landed in 1605. |
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13
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[Coastline at Bathsheba]. 197 x 150 mm. A view looking along the north-eastern coastline and showing the series of rocky outcrops.
Good condition.. |
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14
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[Coastline near Bissex Hill from inland]. 203 x 143 mm. A view looking across hilly land towards the sea. A pencilled note on the back of the print states that owing to the wind which blows across the island, the sound of the sea was audible from the spot at which the photograph was taken.
Good condition.. |
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15
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Oistins from Christ Church, Barbados (flying fish in distance). 202 x 147 mm. A view looking towards Oistins, or Austin's Bay from inland, with fields under cultiviation in the foreground and a fleet of small sailing boats at anchor in the harbour.
Good condition.. |
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16
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Avenue of Cabbage Palms, Belleville. 144 x 202 mm. A view looking along a palm-lined road in the Bridgetown suburb of Belleville.
Good condition, some retouching.. |
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Windmill, sugar works, 'Springhall', St Lucy, Barbados. 204 x 143 mm. Showing the windmill and other refinery buildings with workers leading bullock teams loaded with cane towards the refinery. The Spring Hall Estate lies in the centre of St Lucy Parish in northern Barbados.
Good condition, some retouching on windmill sails.. |
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18
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Exterior of cotton factory, Barbados. 201 x 150 mm. Showing the cotton factory buildigns with a tall chimney in the background.
Good condition.. |
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Interior of cotton factory, Barbados. 195 x 145 mm. Showing native women sitting beside their machines with large piles of cotton in front of them.
Good condition.. |
circa 1910 |
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Team of mules carting cotton, Carringtons, St Philip, Barbados. 207 x 149 mm. Showing a team of six mules hitched to a cart loaded with sacks of baled cotton.
Good condition.. |
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