West Indies (archipelago)
Found in 1045 Collections and/or Records:
[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
255 x 200 mm. Showing Prince Philip speaking to a uniformed man. Two others stand in line, one carrying a flag. The Governor, Raynor Arthur, stands behind Prince Philip.
[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
255 x 200 mm. A close view of Prince Philip and an unidentified man, who is gesturing at something they are both looking at and which is not in the photograph. They appear to be standing in front of a network of scaffolding, which would suggest this is a scene of building in progress. The print is annotated, in pencil, on the reverse with '24433.'
[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
255 x 200 mm. Showing Prince Philip sat with the Governor's wife and others. He is speaking to the man on his right, possibly the Governor, Raynor Arthur.
[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
255 x 250 mm. Showing Prince Philip speaking to a seated man. Others are seated in line, most of whom are holding small flags of the United Kingdom. There is a nurse stood beside Prince Philip, and more nurses just visible standing behind the seated men. The Governor, Raynor Arthur, is on the far right of the picture.
[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
255 x 250 mm. Showing Prince Philip inspecting the Guard of Honour at the Nassau International Airstrip. The tail of an airplane with a United Kingdom flag on can be seen at the left of the photograph.
[Visit of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh, 24-28 April 1959], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
A series of photographs showing Raynor Arthur's official duties (including several images of Government house) and his leisure time, taken during his office as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas. Sir Raynor Arthur arrived on 1 April 1956 and left on retirement on 14 June 1960. Most of these photographs are by the Bahamas News Bureau and are approximately 255 x 200 mm, unless otherwise stated.
Visit to Dominica. Sept. [16] 1909, 1909-09
100 x 75 mm. Showing a crowd gathered round the decorated coach which Bell is about to board.
Visit to Dominica. Sept. [16] 1909, 1909-09
99 x 71 mm. Showing an unidentified group standing beneath a banner reading 'Dominica's gratitude to Sir H. Hesketh Bell K.C.M.G.'.
W. [i.e. west] coast, north of Roseau, 1971-02
Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.
W. [i.e. west] coast village, south of 29, 1971-02
Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.
Wag Water [River] Castleton, 1900 - 1910
231 x 177 mm. Showing the rocky bed of the Wag Water River running through hilly scrubland. The river runs northward through Castleton to the sea at Annotto Bay.
Wars and military co-operation, 1959 - 1982
A series of photographs relating, as the title suggests, to wars and military co-operation. The title was chosen by the National Library of Jamaica, and is one of those based on the headings used for the sections of the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition.
[Watching crowd], 1957-04-01
255 x 210 mm.
Waterfalls, Dominica, 1910
158 x 208 mm. A view looking across a valley towards two waterfalls which drop among dense vegetation. Exact location unidentified (?possibly the falls at Trafalgar, now a source of hydro-electric power).
[Welcoming Princess Marie Louise to Antigua], 1913-03
126 x 88 mm. Showing groups of European women seated beneath the decorated verandahs of the buildings lining the street leading to the landing stage. Part of the welcoming committee can be seen in the background.
West coast, 1971-02
West coast St Lucia, 1971-02
West coast village, 1971-02
Contains slides all in Kodachrome mounts. The early photographs include scenes during a visit by J.B. Godber, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and his Private Secretary; some leading political figures are also shown. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.
West India Royal Commission, 1938
Evidence submitted to the Commission with regard to Telephone and General Trust Ltd and telephone communications in the West Indies (22 pages), with two related letters.
West Indian cable companies, 1923 - 1931
Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the bodies of which Campbell Stuart was a member or with whom he was involved through his work, with two photographs of imperial conferences.
West Indian documents
Loose papers and one newspaper from Patrick and his son James Colquhoun's correspondence files. RCMS 263/1-9 have a cover headed 'Nevis 1820' and RCMS 263/11-31 are in a similar cover '1832 West Indies'. Each has a note of contents, but these do not tally exactly with the items now present.
[West Indian festival, (?) Jamaica, 1890s], 1890 - 1899
152 x 108 mm. A view showing a crowded street, probably Jamaica, with gaily-decorated floats carried on the shoulders of some of the men. Photograph by Dr Sinclair.
[West Indian Sugar Estate], 1879 - 1913
266 x 181 mm. A good view of a sugar estate at an unidentified location. In the fore- and middle-ground are factory and processing buildings with estate workers' huts lining the track beyond and a patchwork of cultivated fields, some partially harvested, on the hills behind.
West Indies, 1910 - 1950
Postcards showing views in the West Indies.