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153 x 207 mm. A view showing St. Vincent islanders standing outside a derelict stone building, inside which can be seen a large water wheel and various other pieces of machinery. Formerly dependent on sugar, by the early 1900s the island's economy had switched to a reliance on cotton and arrowroot.

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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.

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A volume entitled 'Press Cuttings Vol II 1899-1904' and containing prints of various sizes (mainly snapshots) by various photographers. Some of the prints are captioned by Bell. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets.

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[SM - Susan Marnham].

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...

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[Aerial view].

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[Aerial view].

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...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds: Slides numbered from 1-65 by John Ewart Marnham (numbers 14, 42 and 43 are missing). There are also 5 slides of Tobago and one of Jamaica not numbered by him, but clearly identifiable by the processing number and probably omitted on account of inferior quality or repetitive subject. They are inserted at appropriate points. Eleven slides (numbers 23-28), 29-31, 33-35) are in Kodak Readymount frames without processing numbers and since several show John Ewart Marnham and Susan Marnham it is...

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[Presumably of the household staff and dated 'Castries Oct 72'].

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281 x 211 mm. A view showing the working premises and residential houses on the Dongaldstone Estate (exact location and size unknown). At the right of the photograph the cocoa drying-racks can be seen.

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Joseph Bradshaw Godber, M.P. [Lord Godber of Willington (1914-1980)] was Minister of State, FCO 1970-1972.

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Contains slides showing scenes in the house and gardens of John Ewart Marnham's residence just outside Castries. They include slides of the very attractive views from the garden and a series of aerial views taken at varying heights in May 1972. This section concludes with photographs of members of the domestic staff taken just before Marnham left St Lucia (dated Oct 72 nos 18-25). Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

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281 x 216 mm. A view showing the cocoa drying racks on a Grenada estate. A group of women pose in front of the racks while workers can be seen spreading the beans uniformly. After the pods are picked the beans are 'sweated' in boxes for several days to remove the surrounding pulp. They are then placed on these racks for sun-drying before being packed and transported.

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77 x 105 mm. Close up view of a wooden hut, with a man standing in front of the doorway.

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103 x 78 mm. Showing small wooden hits in St John's.

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79 x 135 mm. Full length portrait of an Indian man standing in front of a tree. West India Committee photograph.

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[Presumably of the household staff and dated 'Castries Oct 72'].

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[Presumably of the household staff and dated 'Castries Oct 72'].

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317 x 208 mm. A view showing a small settlement in a valley with lushly vegetated hills on either side. In the distance the sea can be seen, with the entrance to St George's obscured behind a hill.

Scope and Contents 290 x 217 mm. A view from Ordnance Bay looking south along English Harbour to the sea. In the middle distance, jutting out into the bay from the right, is the dockyard of English Harbour. Situated on the south coast of Antigua 12 miles from St. John's the dockyard works were substantially completed by 1746 although the surviving buildings are of later date. The dockyard was abandoned in 1889 although the harbour itself was used by men of war until the mid 1890’s and for several years...

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Contains slides taken chiefly in Ciceron and its grounds. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

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[Presumably of the household staff and dated 'Castries Oct 72'].

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Contains slides taken chiefly in Ciceron and its grounds. Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.