A view of a Jamaican man loading a box of bananas onto a slide on board the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) berthed at Montego Bay, Jamaica
A view of a Jamaican man loading a box of bananas onto a slide on board the refrigerated fruit carrier Jamaica Planter (1959) berthed at Montego Bay, Jamaica. The man is pushing the box of bananas from the conveyor belt to a slide. A partial view of another Jamaican man pushing banana boxes along the conveyor belt is in the background. The photographer is standing inside the hold on the starboard side of the ship.
This is Slide 29 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.
This is Slide 29 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: | PCT15955 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
| Vessels: | Jamaica Planter (1959) |
| Date made: | February 1971 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |