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All of these prints are 160 x 110 mm.

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160 x 115 mm image of the famous sailing ship built at Bristol in 1843. During a voyage to Panama it was severely damaged by storms in May 1866 and sought refuge in Stanley. There the ship was purchased by the Falkland Islands Company and used as a storage hulk. In 1970, the 'Great Britain' was salvaged and returned to Bristol, becoming a major heritage attraction.

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[Interior].

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204 x 139 mm. Group portrait of boatmen employed by the party, posed in front of palm leaf thatched huts.

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115 x 80 mm. A view of Arthur mounted in the centre of a herd of cattle.

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115 x 80 mm. A view of five men mounted on horseback, with a spare horse. Arthur is in the centre. On the reverse of the print, written in pencil, the group are identified numerically as : '6, 2, 5, Arthur, 4, 1'. Number 1 (far right) is George Stewart. The others are not known.

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115 x 80 mm. A view of five men mounted on horseback, with a spare horse. Arthur is in the centre. On the reverse of the print, written in pencil, the group are identified numerically as : '6, 2, Arthur, 4, 3, 1'. Number 1 (far right) is George Stewart. The others are not known.

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115 x 80 mm. A view of a group of six men, George Stewart on the far left, with their dogs.

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160 x 110 mm. The group are identified on the reverse of the print in numerical form only, written in pencil: '1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6'. George Stewart is on the far left (number 1). No other names are known.

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147 x 110 mm. Caption on the reverse identifies most of the figures. 'Back row: Ted Mathews, Mathews pére, Pedro Montes, ? Arthur Waldron; third row: ?, Percy Hobbs, TP Jones, Harry Reynard; second row: Alec Morrison, Tom Saunders, Alex Morrison, Will Saunders; front row: ? Markham Dean, - Goddard, Eric Waldron. 'One of the ? At the back was a Mr Proger'.

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105 x 80 mm. In descending order of size, floating pieces of ice are known as ice-bergs, bergy-bits, growlers, and brash ice. ‘Growlers, in rough seas, are often difficult to see and are not apparent on radar,’ R. Headland, ‘The island of South Georgia’, (1984), p 183.

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides mainly in thick plastic frames marked 'Photopia', made in Germany, dark grey with a red top. The exceptions are numbers 72-75 in Kodachrome cardboard frames which link up with C and numbers 37-38 and 99-103 which are in silver Sytec frames. Some of the frames have brief captions pencilled on them, but these are very hard to read. Others have labels stuck on. A roughly written numbered list was in the original box. The list which follows has been derived from these...

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains slides mainly in thick plastic frames marked 'Photopia', made in Germany, dark grey with a red top. The exceptions are numbers 72-75 in Kodachrome cardboard frames which link up with C and numbers 37-38 and 99-103 which are in silver Sytec frames. Some of the frames have brief captions pencilled on them, but these are very hard to read. Others have labels stuck on. A roughly written numbered list was in the original box. The list which follows has been derived from these...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...

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A series of photographs of the University of Guyana. The University of Guyana, Georgetown, was established in 1963.

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A series of photographs of the University of Guyana. The University of Guyana, Georgetown, was established in 1963.

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Contains slides recording a visit to Guyana in 1970 though there is no indication whether it was in an official capacity. The earlier slides show aerial views flying inland from the coast, followed by a journey up the Rupununi River to the border with Brazil. The return route was apparently to the north of the outward journey and included a series of aerial photographs of the Kaieteur Falls.

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[From the air].

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[From the air].

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[From the air].

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213 x 162 mm. Oval. Possibly Rio de Janeiro.

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203 x 138 mm. View looking across rocks towards the cataract, where porters and Europeans are posed in the act of dragging the boats up-stream over the rocky channel.

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105 x 80 mm.

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105 x 80 mm.

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160 x 120 mm. The caption on the reverse of the print, probably written by Arthur himself, in red ink, continues: 'O. R. A on Faith. O'Sullivan on Tomato. (Behind) Hoare on Marquita. Facing Royal Standard'.