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103 x 76 mm. Showing the arch erected by the Dominica Agricultural Society to welcome Bell on his return to the island on February 5 1903.

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102 x 72 mm. Showing the landing pier at Roseau, decked out in welcome for Bell's visit to Dominica, his first since his period as Administrator of the island from 1899-1905.

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102 x 73 mm. Showing crowds on the beach beside the landing pier, awaiting Bell's arrival in Dominica.

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129 x 78 mm. A view looking past the flag-draped jetty towards the liner in which Bell arrived in Roseau for his 1912 visit. A copy of this print, extracted from an unidentified newspaper is also pasted into Bell's scrapbook, and the photograph the attributed to G.E. Pinard.

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99 x 65 mm. Showing Bell being rowed ashore at Roseau, with crowds lining the waterfront in the background.

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211 x 127 mm. A view looking along the sloping, partially cobbled street with wooden huts on either side. The title is taken from the pencilled caption on the back of the print.

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167 x 117 mm. Showing street decorations on the roadway between the landing stage and Government House. A banner stretched across the road reads 'A hearty welcome to our Administrator'.

Scope and Contents 205 x 140 mm. A group photograph, probably taken on the steps of Government House, of the major officials who participated in the procession and proclamation (from the Roseau Court House) of the accession of Edward VII. The event is recorded in some detail in a cutting from the Dominica Guardian of February 6 1901, pasted into volume 2 of Bell's press cuttings. The report lists the officials present but the only figures individually identified in this print are:Bell, standing at...

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83 x 81 mm. Showing an unidentified figure, possibly Leslie Jarvis, asleep in a chair in Government House garden: servants quarters and outhouses in background.

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83 x 82 mm. A general view of the lawn and garden.

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159 x 102 mm. A view looking along a path in the gardens, with iron fountains at intervals along its length.

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[View from the sea].

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[View from the sea].

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160 x 116 mm. A view looking towards the waterfront at Roseau and showing the mountains behind the town.

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87 x 95 mm. A view showing Bell working at a desk in an open-sided summerhouse with a thatched roof. The location has been identified by Lennox Honeychurch.

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87 x 95 mm. A view showing Bell working at a desk in an open-sided summerhouse with a thatched roof. The location has been identified by Lennox Honeychurch.

Scope and Contents 129 x 79 mm. A view looking along the jetty at Roseau which is decorated with flags in honour of Bell's visit to Dominica in July 1912. At the end of the jetty stands an arch with messages of welcome from the Dominica Guardian, the Voice of Dominica and the people of Dominica: 'Lovely weather and everything propitious for the reception which the good folk gave me. The Administrator, Mr. Young, and good old Porter came off to the ship and we all went ashore together. The harbour was full...

Scope and Contents 155 x 101 mm. A good clear view looking towards Roseau and the sea from the hills behind the town. In the foreground is the Roseau River with fields planted out with lime trees beyond. The plantation is probably part of Rose and Company's Bath Estate. The company was established in Dominica in the 1860s by Laughlan Rose, a merchant from Leith, who apart from supplying limes to British ships, pioneered their use in soft drinks. In 1875 he set up the first factory in Dominica for the...