A view of the shopfronts on Breedestraat in Willemstad, Curacao
A view of the shopfronts on Breedestraat in Willemstad, Curacao. The photographer is standing on the eastern side of the street looking south by south east towards the opposite side. The shop in the foreground has 23 metal bells fastened to the side of the building. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is fastened to the building underneath the bells. This is Slide 11 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 31 July 1975 to 28 October 1975. This series consists of 17 slides.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT16708 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry P. Bird |
| Date made: | Between 28 September 1975 and 1 October 1975 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |