The town of Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands. The photographer is looking south from high ground above the town and on the left is a building with "..onac Tres Escudos Florido Hermanos El Mejor" painted on the flank wall. A small park with a raised ornamental bandstand is to the left of centre. On the right is a concrete structure representing the hull of a ship with the name Maria on the bow and with a large cabin at the stern. It is surrounded by lines of washing hanging up to dry. At anchor offshore and seen from ahead of the port beam is a Canadian Pacific Steamships passenger cruise ship of the Montcalm class, either the Montcalm (1921), Montrose (1922) or Montclare (1922). The Caldereta is in the right background.