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228 x 176 mm. Duplicate of Y3071A/39.

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228 x 177 mm. A view showing two Bahamians standing in front of the huge curling roots of a silk cotton tree. Written on the back: 'The Great Silk Cotton Tree in the Public Square, Nassau, Bahamas, about 200 years old'.

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228 x 175 mm. Showing a Bahamian standing among the enormous curling roots of the old silk cotton tree which stands behind the Post Office in Nassau.

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217 x 176 mm. Showing the grassy square and the silk cotton tree behind the Post Office.

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225 x 178 mm. Duplicate of Y3071A/41.

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255 x 200 mm. Arthur shaking hands with one of the participants of the Fourth Out Island Regatta. (Sir) Roland Symonette, leader of Government in the House of Assembly is in the background. The reverse of the print is stamped by the Bahamas News Bureau, with their reference: '12829', and is annotated in pencil with 'Alfred Bain, Mystery (?) J'. Presumably this is the name of the man pictured shaking Arthur's hand, and the name of his vessel.

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255 x 210 mm. Showing Arthur having just disembarked on the quayside.

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255 x 210 mm.

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs and slides, by various photographers, relating to the career of Sir Raynor Arthur. Apart from one photograph of Cyprus, the photograph collection relates to Arthur's last three posts (Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and the Bahamas), and, as well as more general scenes, includes images of several special events and distinguished visitors. Most of the Bermuda and Bahamas material consists of professional photographs; those of the Falkland Islands and Falkland...

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255 x 200 mm. Arthur pinning something to the lapel of one of the participants of the Fourth Out Island Regatta. Captain Patrick Cobbold, Private Secretary is in the background. Annotated on the reverse of the print, written in black ink, is :'P. Cobbold, C (centre), Out Island (illegible) R (right)'. The reference '12820' is stamped on the reverse of the print.

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90 x 110 mm. A group photograph of Sir Raynor Arthur, an unidentified woman and a small boy. Exact location is unidentified. The print is stamped on the reverse with '15 211.'

Scope and Contents Comprises 12 scrapbooks of newscuttings relating to Allardyce's career and the colonies he worked in, including photographs, programmes and ephemeral material. Some content relates to affairs in Aberdeen, where Allardyce had been educated. The scrapbooks relate to the following: 1-3 Fiji: 1882-4, 1895-1902, 1902-3; 4-6 Falkland Islands: 1908-9, 1909-13, 1914-18 (including the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914) and Tasmania: 1920-1; 7-8 Bahamas: 1915-17, 1918-19; 9...

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176 x 227 mm. A view showing the two men in Y307G/8 standing on either side of a sisal plant. The title is taken from the note on the back of the print.

Scope and Contents 255 x 200 mm. A yachting scene. The typescript caption attached to the reverse of the print continues: 'The waters of George Town harbour, Exuma, are so clear that these sloops competing in the Fourth Annual Out Island Regatta seem almost to be suspended in air. That's Stocking Island in the background, which shelters the harbour and makes it one of the best in the Bahamas. Dozens of visiting yachtsmen converged on George Town for the regatta April 11-13. -30-'. The caption is from...

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228 x 175 mm. Showing workers standing beside a pile of sponges. Before being packed for shipment the sponges are washed, clipped and compressed into bales by the island workforce.

Scope and Contents 255 x 200 mm. A yachting scene. The typescript caption attached to the reverse of the print continues: 'All hands are busy when the starting gun sounds for events in the Out Island Regatta. In a marine version of sports car racing's 'Le Mans' start, boats are anchored with sails down. Then there's a mad rush to up anchor and hoist sail at the same moment. Here the dingy classes get underway, with varying degrees of success. The event was held at George Town, Exuma, April 11-13. ...

Scope and Contents Showing a couple watching a straw hat maker at work. The typescript caption attached to the reverse of the print reads: 'Products sold from the stalls of Nassau's straw market have become the most popular souvenir of a visit to the Bahama Islands. Frivolous or utilitarian they have a tremendous appeal to vacationers, and those who have predetermined ideas as to style and decoration may even have special designs completed in time to carry the prize home with them. -30-.' The caption also...

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These notes cover Bell’s service as Administrator of Dominica and Acting Governor of the Leeward Islands (1899-1905), Commissioner (Governor) of Uganda (1906-1909), Governor of Northern Nigeria (1909-12), Governor of the Leeward Islands (1912-1916) and Governor of Mauritius (1916-24). Prominent subjects include Bell’s official duties, colleagues, travels, social life and personal affairs (circa 180 sheets).

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228 x 176 mm. A duplicate of Y3071A/11.

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216 x 177 mm. Showing the archway in Market Street with a horse and cart and various figures on the road. The road over the archway leads to Government House.

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226 x 176 mm. Showing a banyan tree in the countryside, beside which stand a man and a horse and buggy.

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210 x 168 mm. A view showing a banyan tree in Nassau.

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231 x 179 mm. Showing two Europeans and a Bahamian sitting in a large limestone cave.

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89 x 114 mm. An amateur snapshot showing HSWG (H.S. Gladstone, private secretary to the Governor of the Bahamas in 1902) standing amongst vegetation on Current Island which lies between New Providence and Eleuthera.