Laura the parrot with hotel maid in Basseterre, 1947

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
ST. KITTS: Basseterre; Caribbean
March 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative photographed by Carleton Mitchell; March 1947; view of maid and parrot; Basseterre; caption under picture in "Islands to Windward" reads "Laura, the man-hating parrot of Basseterre, holding court with her favorite maid. The patio of a hotel annex was her domain, which she guarded jealously."; St. Kitts (West Indies); for similar views see 1996.31.1479 - .1483; for more views of St. Kitts see 1996.31.1350 - .1397; handwritten on original envelope neg. no. 1479 (corresponds to original Mitchell contact); published in "Islands to Windward", 1948. See also 1996.31.7743; 1996.31.1390 - .1394; 1996.31.5780, 1996.31.5999.10; 1996.31.6001.4.

1996.31.1390