Cargo sloops alongside the west end of the South Quay at Port of Spain, Trinidad. The photographer is looking north-west-by-west along the wharves fronting the single storey warehouses. In the foreground and seen from off her starboard bow is a sloop named Lady Irma (fl. 1930) but her bow is out of the picture. Two sloops have the letter A in a circle on the bow; one is handling a cargo of full sacks and the other is fully laden with large bales. The harbour lookout and searchlight tower is in the centre of the picture. A passenger/cargo steamer is in the left background and she has the letters ZA on her funnel.