A three quarter length portrait view of a Indian woman named Sabitha inside a shop in Kingston, Jamaica
A three quarter length portrait view of a Indian woman named Sabitha inside a shop in Kingston, Jamaica. The woman is wearing a white gown, holding a silver coloured box and looking away from the photographer. A bottle of Calypso Tan suntan lotion set in a wooden bracket is on the shop counter alonside her. Rows of handbags, key rings, silver boxes and white plastic bottle are set on shelves behind her. Second Officer Bird took the photograph whilst on a excursion trip from Kingston Harbour, where his ship was berthed at the time. This is Slide 19 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: | PCT15945 |
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Type: | Colour transparency |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
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 |
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