Trafalgar Square, Barbados, after 1884
albumen print
PHOTOGRAPHSBarbados, Bridgetown
after 1884
paper
overall: 8 x 10 in.
Albumen print on white card; Trafalgar Square, Barbados, after 1884 (see Manuscript coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster; image of Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown (the capitol of Barbados), now known as National Hero's Square, boats are shown docked, while horse-drawn trolley cars and carts are in the background, clear view of the fountain in front (erected in 1861 to celebrate the installation of running water in Bridgetown); printed on front "TRAFALGAR SQUARE" and "COOPER"; handwritten on front "Barbadoes".
2005.34.99