A view of Old Mint Street in Valletta, Malta

A view of Old Mint Street in Valetta, Malta. The photographer is standing at the top of Old Mint Street looking north east. A street sign for Cavalier Street is in the foreground on the right hand side. The dome of the Bazilika Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu church is still under construction in the middle ground. A distant view of St Elmo Bay is in the background. This is Slide 40 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer for the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by Commercial Cable Company of London from 16 December 1974 to 21 March 1975. This series consists of 45 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16668.1
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Date made: Early January 1975
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm