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Showing a roofed market shed at Scarborough.

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115 x 205 mm. Senator W.J. Alexander, Minister without Portfolio and Special Adviser to the Premier, Mr Said Mohamed, Minister for Local Government and Community Development, and Senator G. Richards, Attorney General, await the opening of the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference in Marlborough House, London. It was opened by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Reginald Maudling.

Scope and Contents 152 x 115 mm. The caption on the reverse reads: 'A new Colonial Hospital of 500 beds and estimated to cost approximately $6,300,000 will be opened in July, 1954, in Trinidad and Tobago in the British West Indies.The hospital is situated in the Southern portion of the Island, San Fernando, the second largest town of the Colony and contains the most modern equipment. Two of the wings of the new hospital with towers are shown from the entrance of the new...

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100 x 74 mm. A view looking across an expanse of vegetation towards the mosquito proof house, a structure raised on stilts with the verandah netted in on all sides.

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239 x 189 mm. Showing this tiny island with its recruiting depot for newly arrived immigrants from India. The Five Islands lie in the narrow strip of water which separates the north-western tip of Trinidad from the Venezuelan mainland.

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96 x 76 mm. Showing pot plants growing in a conservatory.

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253 x 202 mm. Duplicate of the preceding plate.

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245 x 195 mm. A view from the street showing the imposing stone public buildings, designed by Robert Bridgens, Head of the Public Works Department. The foundation stone of the buildings was laid in 1844 and the buildings completed in 1848.

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99 x 75 mm. A view looking across a field towards distant cliffs and the sea.

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106 x 124 mm. Portrait of a mounted member of the Trinidad Light Horse. The annotation continues 'Nov. 1896 N. and A. JU' and then details the uniform. Another annotation, in a different hand and ink, appears to give instructions to a printer as to how this photograph should be subtitled in a publication.

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196 x 243 mm. Showing an avenue of palms in the Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain.

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Contains loose photographs measuring approximately 100 x 75 mm with handwritten captions on reverse of the prints.

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97 x 74 mm. A view of the beach at Pigeon Point with palm trees growing near the shore.

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229 x 291 mm (overall); 120 x 192 mm (image). Halftone print. Studio name printed as part of image, print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph shows at least four people loading horse-drawn wagons.

Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world located in La Brea, southwest Trinidad, within the Siparia Regional Corporation.

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233 x 131 mm. A view looking across the pitch lake at La Brea, with shallow pools of water here and there among the asphalt.

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206 x 151 mm. Dr Eric Williams, Trinidad and Tobago’s Premier and Minister for External Affairs, settles behind the conference table in Marlborough House, London in preparation for the talks on Independence for Trinidad and Tobago.

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06 x 152 mm. Mr Reginald Maudling, Secretary of State for the Colonies, takes his seat at the Conference table in Marlborough House, London, after making the opening speech at the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference.

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143 x 203 mm. Mr Reginald Maudling, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is seen welcoming delegates to the Trinidad and Tobago Independence Conference which opened in Marlborough House, London. Premier and Minister for External Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Eric Williams, leads the Delegation from Trinidad and Tobago.

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117 x 141 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'A post-graduate student from the Gold Coast and the acting Professor of Botany at the College, Mr. Jacob Wilson, select maize seed for trials on the experimental plot of the College farm. Mar:1955'. It continues, at length, to give an outline of the College and its history.

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253 x 229 mm. Showing the front façade of Government House, with hills in the background and an Indian standing near the fountain in the foreground. Built between 1873 and 1876 on the site of an older house which was destroyed by fire, it was first occupied by Henry Turner Irving (Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1875-1880).

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A print of a 1961 watercolour showing The Red House, the home of Trinidad's parliament.

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[View of sea from cliff, with horseman in front].

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[Distant view of town overlooking sea].

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[Closer view of prefabs].