A group of Jamaican women and a Jamaican man taking a break from loading boxes onto the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) at Kingston harbour.

A group of Jamaican women and a Jamaican man taking a break from loading boxes onto the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) at Kingston harbour. The photographer is standing on the port side of the ship looking down at the workers on the quayside.

This is Slide 14 of Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Caribbean Cargoes", about his service as Second Officer on board Jamaica Planter (1959) and Port Officer for Jamaica Banana Producers Steam Ship Company based at Kingston, Jamaica from 6 January 1971 to 26 April 1971. The lecture consists of 45 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT15940
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Jamaica Planter (1959)
Date made: March 1971
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 28 mm x 28 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm