A view of the waterfront of Willemstad, Curacao, from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922)
A view of the waterfront in Willemstad, Curacao, from the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922). Numerous buildings and parked cars line the waterfront off the port side of the ship. The entrance to Willemstad Harbour is in the background beyond the bridge. A small riverboat is underway from the waterfront in the middle ground. This is Slide 43 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by the Commercial Cable Company of London from 22 January 1973 to 26 April 1973. The series consists of 62 slides.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT16472 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry P. Bird |
| Date made: | Between early and late March 1973 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |