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| Y3075B |
Memorial Wing, Victoria Institute |
| Y3075D |
Asphalt Lakes, Trinidad |
| Y3075E |
Life in Trinidad |
| Y3075F |
Trinidad |
| Y3076A |
Three photographs of Tobago |
| Y30771A |
E.A. Gay collection on Grenada |
| Y30773A |
Photographs of St. Vincent |
| Y3078B |
Photographs of British Honduras [i.e. Belize], 1911 |
| Y3078C |
General photographs of British Honduras [i.e. Belize] |
| Y307A |
Photographs of the West Indies |
| Y307B |
Princess Margaret's visit to the West Indies, 1955 |
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E.A. Gay collection on Grenada
| Title |
E.A. Gay collection on Grenada |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y30771A |
| Creator |
Gay, Arnold E, fl 1895 |
| Covering Dates |
1890–1893 (Photographs appear to be dated between these dates.) |
| Extent and Medium |
31 images in 1 album |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Nothing is known of Arnold E. Gay except that he lived at The Brothers in Grenada and joined the Royal Colonial Institute in 1895.
Prints showing a variety of scenes in town and country. Prints are listed in manuscript on a sheet of paper inserted at the front of the album.
Presented by Arnold E. Gay in November 1896.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, E.A. Gay collection on Grenada, Y30771A |
| Further information |
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For further information on Grenada see: Drayton, Edward (1896), 'The Grenada handbook, directory and almanac', London: Marston and Co.
Indexed
This collection level description was entered by PJ using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: South America/Caribbean, fiche number 26.
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| Index Terms |
| British West Indies |
| Grenada |
| Lesser Antilles |
| North and Central America |
| West Indies |
| Windward Islands |
| Gay, Arnold E (fl 1895) |
| RCS/Y30771A contains: |
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Government House, S.W. [i.e. South-West] Entrance, Grenada. 319 x 215 mm. A view looking up the shaded drive towards the front entrance of Government House. Standing in the drive in the foreground is the Governor of the Windward Islands, Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1849-1913), who assumed the post from November 1889 until 1893. He later spent nine years as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Cape Colony.
Good condition, apart from slight dirt marking.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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2
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Government House, S.E. [i.e. South-East] Entrance, Grenada. 318 x 216 mm. A view looking across the garden and drive towards Government House, in front of which stands a landau with a uniformed driver. This new, brick built Government House was commenced while the previous Governor, Sir Walter Sendall, was away from the island in 1886, the year after Grenada became the headquarters for the Windward Islands administration. The figure standing on the steps leading up to the house is probably Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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3
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The Vale of Tempe, Grenada. 324 x 227 mm. A view looking across the lushly vegetated Vale of Tempe with estate buildings dotted here and there and with some areas under cultivation.
Fair condition, but fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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4
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Distant view showing entrance to Careenage, Grenada. 310 x 223 mm. A fine view showing Grenadians washing clothes in an unidentified river. An unsurfaced road runs alongside the stream, with a few huts in the background.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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5
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Market Day, St George [i.e. Saint George's], Grenada. 306 x 249 mm. A fine view showing Grenadians in the market square selling their produce, with houses on the rising land in the background.
Good condition, slight yellowing in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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6
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Tennis Court, Government House, Grenada. 318 x 220 mm. An evocative period photograph looking down onto the shaded tennis court of Government House, where a game is in progress. The small group in the foreground is probably the Governor, Sir Walter Hely Hutchinson and his wife and two children.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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7
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Gouyave, or Charlotte Town, Grenada. 317 x 217 mm. A view looking down on Charlotte Town, with the sea beyond : 'Charlotte Town or Gouyave (population in 1891, 2 225) is built on the shore of an open roadstead on the west coast of the island, about twelve miles to the north of St George's by road. There is a fine jetty, with a commodius block of public buildings at its shore end (!), two churches, a telephone exchange, and a water supply, which, however, is not in full working order at the present time, but extensive repairs to it are to be undertaken early next year. The roads to Gouyave are not carriageable...[but] there is daily communication with the capital by steamer' (Drayton 1896, p. 66).
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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8
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N. A. Squadron, Inshore Squadron, 1893, Grenada. 303 x 238 mm. A good view of the inshore harbour at St George's, with part of the town in the background. Fort St George, which guards the entrance to the Carenage is just out of the picture on the left. Steamships of the North Atlantic Squadron can be seen moored inside the Carenage: 'To the east is the land-locked harbour known locally as the Carenage, with its entrance opening to the south-south-west, and covering an area of about 120 acres. The Carenage may conveniently be divided, for purposes of reference, into three sections - the outer harbour, or part nearest to the entrance, where steamers and men of war ordinarily lie; the inner harbour, or northern portion, where steamers are now coaled, and where large sailing vessels with lumber, coals, etc., are discharged; and the Lagoon, a large basin to the east of the outer harbour, and divided from it by a bar of sand covered with coral growth, passable only by boats...As to the capacity of the harbour, it may be mentioned that in 1893, besides small craft, there were at one time moored in the outer part two large merchant steamersand three British men-of-war, while in the inner harbour there were two smaller steamers and room for more. The length of the Carenage from entrance to head is 850 yards, and its greatest breadth, excluding the Lagoon, 400 yards' (Drayton 1896, p. 62).
Good condition, apart from fading in from edges.. |
1893 |
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9
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The Careenage or Inland Harbour, Grenada. 329 x 240 mm. A view from the east, looking across the inland harbour towards the town, with the open sea visible in the distance. St George's Fort stands on the hill at the left of the picture overlooking the entrance to the Carenage. With cultivated land and a few houses in the foreground.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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10
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Bridge over the St John's River, Grenada. 316 x 244 mm. A view looking along an unsurfaced road north of St George's with the bridge over the St John's River in the background. In the foreground, two Grenadians pose for the photographer beside their wagon and bullock team. The steep hill in the distance lies just north of St George's.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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11
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Native Laundry, Grenada. 310 x 223 mm. A fine view showing Grenadians washing clothes in an unidentified river. An unsurfaced road runs alongside the stream, with a few native huts in the background.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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12
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Centre of Careenage, with Richmond Hill and prison in distance, Grenada. 316 x 220 mm. A view looking down from the town onto two steamers moored in the inland harbour, with houses in the background. The prison buildings can be seen on the far side of the harbour near the top of Richmond Hill.
Good condition apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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13
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Chief Camp of the extinct Caribs, Grenada. 317 x 223 mm. A finely detailed view looking over densely vegetated land, with mountains and the sea in the distance. This is presumably the main rebel camp at Morne Quaqua, near the Grand Etang north-east of St George's. The hill is now known as Morne Fédon after the rebel leader Julien Fédon. This rebellion, largely due to the racial tensions engendered by frequent changes of authority between the French and the English in the island, broke out in March 1795, when a body of rebels under the leadership of French planter Julien Fédon laid waste the town of Grenville. The scale of violence grew rapidly after this and at one stage the rebels held virtually the whole island apart from St George's. The stronghold at Morne Quaqua was taken on June 18th-19th, 1796, but not before twenty white prisoners had been killed in the sight of the advancing troops (a re-enactment of a similar massacre by Fédon at Morne Quaqua the previous April, when 48 British prisoners were murdered). Fédon was never recaptured, it being conjectured that he drowned attempting to escape to Trinidad in a small boat.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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14
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Richmond Hill Prison, Grenada. 315 x 220 mm. A view looking across towards the prison buildings at the top of Richmond Hill, with a small part of the inland harbour visible in the background.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges, and some cracking of emulsion in left hand corner.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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15
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A home amidst the Golden Bean, Grenada. 316 x 217 mm. A view showing part of a cocao estate among wooded hilly land, with the estate manager's house in the foreground.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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16
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St George [i.e. Saint George's], Grenada. 323 x 215 mm. A good view showing the seaward side of St George's taken from the promontory on which Fort St George stands : 'St George's (population, 1819, 4919), the chief town of the colony, is situated on a promontory of the land at the south-western extremity of the island. Viewed from the sea, its appearance is singularly picturesque and interesting, as the steep sides of the promontory, which projects into the sea in a southerly direction, are covered with brick houses, whose red-tiled roofs contrast pleasantly with the rich green tropical vegetation surrounding them. The ridge of the hill is crowned with three churches...' (Drayton 1896, p. 62).
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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17
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Gouyave from the South, Grenada. 315 x 220 mm. Another view of Gouyave, of Charlotte Town , showing the houses on the water front and the 'fine jetty' mentioned in Drayton (1896), p.66.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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18
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Reservoir at Palmiste Est., Grenada. 286 x 229 mm. A view looking across the reservoir on the Palmiste Estate, with a man standing on the damming wall in the foreground. The Palmiste Estate, 460 acres in size and used for farming cocoa, lies in the parish of St John's, north of St George's.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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19
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En route to the Grand Etang, Grenada. 317 x 208 mm. A view showing a small settlement in a valley with lushly vegetated hills on either side. In the distance the sea can be seen, with the entrance to St George's obscured behind a hill.
Good condition, apart from fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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20
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Town and harbour of St George [i.e. Saint George's], Grenada. 317 x 231 mm. A view showing the entrance to St George's Harbour from the south-east, with the roadstead in the middle-ground of the picture and Fort St George and the town beyond. In the foreground are the grounds of the Botanical Gardens, created in 1886.
Good condition, apart from fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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21
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Annandale Est., Grenada. 317 x 243 mm. A view looking over hilly, wooded country, dotted here and there with houses. Annandale Estate, at this period having an acreage of 1150 acres and situated about 5 miles north-east of St George's, was the largest of the Grenadan estates and produced cocoa, spices and coffee.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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22
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Grand Etang, Grenada. 240 x 188 mm. A view showing the large circular lake, of volcanic origin, situated in the centre of Grenada, among hills and woods. The building just visible beyond and to the left of the lake is probably the Government rest-house.
Good condition apart from a few dirt marks.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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23
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Fort George, Grenada. 316 x 219 mm. A view looking down from the hills above the town towards the promontory on which stands Fort St George, and beyond it the narrow entrance to the inland harbour with the Quarantine Station and Point Saline in the distance.
Good condition apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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24
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Mount Helicon, Grenada. 317 x 217 mm. A view looking towards St George's and the sea from Mount Helicon which lies to the east of the town. Government House can be seen among the woods in the background at the right of the photograph.
Fair condition, some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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Market Day, St Andrews, Grenada. 286 x 235 mm. A view showing the market square in Grenville crowded with Grenadans and with public buildings and the bay in the background : '...the town...is built on low-lying swampy land adjoining the beach of a large bay on the east of the island in St Andrew's parish, and is consequently not very healthy, so that all the better classes live on the hills to the west of the town ... The town has a handsome block of public buildings facing the jetty, a market-place, two churches, a plentiful supply of pure water, an agency of the Colonial Bank, a telephone exchange, and a small library; and the shops rebuilt since the great fire of 1886 are very creditable in appearance.' (Drayton 1896, pp 65-66).
Fair condition, some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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26
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Annandale Fall, Grenada. 244 x 197 mm. A view showing the waterfall dropping among rocks and hanging vegetation with a man (in white pith helmet) and a woman posing for the photographer beside the falls.
Good condition.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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27
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Drying the Golden Bean, Grenada. 281 x 216 mm. A view showing the cocoa drying racks on a Grenada estate. A group of women pose in front of the racks while workers can be seen spreading the beans uniformly. After the pods are picked the beans are 'sweated' in boxes for several days to remove the surrounding pulp. They are then placed on these racks for sun-drying before being packed and transported.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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Dougaldstone Est., Grenada. 281 x 211 mm. A view showing the working premises and residential houses on the Dongaldstone Estate (exact location and size unknown). At the right of the photograph the cocoa drying-racks can be seen.
Good condition, apart from slight fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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A country residence, Grenada. 280 x 217 mm. A view showing a country house standing on a hillside among trees. Exact location unknown.
Good condition, apart from some fading in from edges.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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Palmiste Est., Grenada. 285 x 230 mm. A view looking across land planted out with young cocoa trees towards the Estate proprietor's house. An interesting feature of this photograph is the decaying ruins of a sugar mill visible at the right of the picture. Grenada was fortunate in turning to cocoa and away from sugar production before the slump induced by the European manufacture of sugar beet, and around the time this photograph was taken the majority of the few sugar works which were operating existed largely for the production of locally consumed rum.
Poorish condition, fading and dirt marks.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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The Brothers Est., Grenada. 286 x 224 mm. A view showing the working premises on the Brothers Estate, set among lush vegetation in the hills of St John's parish, north of St George's. This estate, owned by the donor of the album (refer to originator details), was of about 590 acres and seems to have yielded a far richer output of cocoa, spices, coffee, nuts and sugar than many of the larger estates. (See production figures for 1894 in Drayton (1896), pp 11-12).
Fair condition, but some fading and dirt-marks.. |
circa 1890-circa 1893 |
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