A street view of the Schooner Market on Sha Caprileskade in Willemstad, Curacao

A street view of the Schooner Market on Sha Caprileskade in Willemstad, Curacao The photographer is standing on the western side of the street looking east towards the berthed schooners at the quayside. The berthed schooners extend from the foreground to the background on the left side of the image. Two black men are conversing with two schooner market sellers in the middle ground. Canopies are covering the market stalls extending from the foreground to the background. 3 wooden boxes are piled behind a street sign in the middle ground. The words 'Curacao Sunday' have been written on the card mount by the photographer. This is Slide 15 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: PCT16712
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
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