Box 2
Container
Contains 155 Results:
Oil Well at Brighton Trinidad Lake Petroleum Co. Photo shows Well No. 11. Guayaguayare Oil Feild. The Guayaguayare Oilfield opened up in the 1900's by Randolph Rust and John Leelum. (TS-60)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
In 1865, Walter Darwent founded the Paria Oil Co. to drill for oil in south Trinidad. First successful oil well drilled by Walter Darwent at Aripero in [1866] Trinidad. (TS-61)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
Fredrick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad, before 1896. Picture of an older Fredrick Street. The great fire of 1896 burnt all the buildings. Fredrick street rebuilt by George Brone. Note the various business sign posts. (TS-63)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
Almond Walk, now known as Broadway, 1870s. Note Mule tram lines. This part of Port of Spain was lined with Almond trees. Note also the paved gutter in the street - one of the drains of the city. The gutter was paved with blue Stones from the Laventille quarry. (TS-65)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
Furniture Department of Bonanza Store, Frederick Street, 1900. The store was owned by the Smith Brothers from Scotland. The Rattan type of furniture was popular at the time in Trinidad. (TS-72)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
A French Mono-Plane lands in the Savannah in the 1920s. Planes often landed in the Savannah in those years in Trinidad. (TS-73)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
West Indian immigration to Trinidad started in the 1840's. This photograph was taken in the 1880's Showing Barbadian immigrants in Trinidad posing as pottery vendors. (TS-74)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
A Moko Jumbie strides between the tram lines, while his devilish companion glares at the small boys, balanced on stilts sometimes as high as 15 feet. He danced all day through the streets collecting money from the crowed upper floor balconies of the town in Trinidad. (TS-75)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008
The staff at The Queen's Park Hotel, Trinidad's leading hotel, 1900. (TS-76)
Sub-Series — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Dates:
1922 - 2008