The Queen Emma pontoon swing bridge and Santa Anna Bay at Willemstad, Curacao.

On board a passenger cruise ship in Santa Anna Bay, Willemstad, passing through the open Queen Emma pontoon swing bridge. The photographer is looking north showing the Otrabanda district with a 3 masted schooner berthed alongside a wharf beyond the pontoon bridge. In the background and seen from fine off her port bow is the passenger/cargo ship El Libertador (1929) alongside the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij Compania Real Hollandsch De Vapores wharf. Another steamship is astern of her. Two large oil tanks are in the background.

Object Details

ID: P91377
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: El Libertador (1929)
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm