Michael Goldberg Collection

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A dentist since 1972, Dr. Michael Goldberg migrated to Trinidad from the United States in 1998. He has worked as a dentist with the non-governmental organization, Servol, at its Forres Park Life Centre in south Trinidad. This collection was compiled by Dr. Goldberg over a ten-year period while residing in Upstate New York in the United States. The collection, which has been arranged by subject, spans the period 1872-1995 and highlights the scenes, social life and customs of Trinidad and Tobago. It contains mainly albums of postcards from Trinidad and Tobago along with some souvenir booklets, photographs and glass lantern slides. Many of these postcards contain messages and are postmarked. There are also a few postcards from Belize. Researchers browsing this collection would see images of the early East Indian migrants to Trinidad; historical sites in Port of Spain including government buildings, homes, schools, churches and temples as well sites in Tobago.

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Funding for this project was generously provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw, former librarian at the UWI Campus Libraries at St. Augustine

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Registered letter
(2011-03-16)
This is a Registered letter envelope with the following instructions on the front: "This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered and a receipt obtained for it." On the back of the envelope has a Trinidad 2 pence registration stamp.
Brimfield paper and postcard marathon
(2011-03-16)
This postcard advertises a Postcard and paper trade show in Brimfield, Massachusetts in 1997.
Registered letter
(2011-03-16)
This is a Registered letter envelope with instructions on the front "This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered and a receipt obtained for it." On the back of the envelope has a Trinidad 1 penny registration stamp. The envelope is dated 1915.
Registered letter
(2011-03-16)
This is a Registered letter envelope with the following instructions on the front: "This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered and a receipt obtained for it." On the back of the envelope has a Trinidad 3d registration stamp. The envelope is postmarked 1934.
Trinidad and Tobago (British West Indies)
(2011-03-16)
This postcard advertises 6 "oilette" postcards of West Indien flowers reproduced after the original paintings by Mrs. W.G. Freeman, A.R.C.S.
[Wrapper]
(2011-03-16)
Description on wrapper "This Wrapper may only be used for newspaper, or for such documents as are allowed to be sent at the Book-rate of postage, and must not enclose any letter or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise). If this rule be infringed, the packet will be charged as a letter." Affixed to the wrapper is a Trinidad 1 halfpenny stamp.
Registered letter
(2011-03-16)
This is a Registered letter envelope with the following instructions on the front: "This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered and a receipt obtained for it." On the back of the envelope has a Trinidad 2 pence registration stamp.
Buckets on cable down wharf, La Brea Point, Trinidad
(2011-03-16)
The postcard shows people walking along a pier with aerial tramway overhead.
[Wrapper]
(2011-03-16)
Description on wrapper "This Wrapper may only be used for newspaper, or for such documents as are allowed to be sent at the Book-rate of postage, and must not enclose any letter or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise). If this rule be infringed, the packet will be charged as a letter." Affixed to the wrapper is a Trinidad 1 halfpenny stamp.
[Wrapper]
(2011-03-16)
Description on wrapper "This Wrapper may only be used for newspaper, or for such documents as are allowed to be sent at the Book-rate of postage, and must not enclose any letter or communication of the nature of a letter (whether separate or otherwise). If this rule be infringed, the packet will be charged as a letter." Affixed to the wrapper is a Trinidad 1 penny stamp.
[Barbados]
(2011-03-16)
This is a pre-paid reply postcard from Barbados with a 3 cent stamp.
Briefkaart. Betaald antwoord naar Curacao
(2011-03-16)
This is a pre-paid reply postcard from Curacao with a 5 cent stamp.
Registered letter--Trinidad and Tobago
(2011-03-16)
This is a Registered letter envelope with the following instructions on the front: "This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered and a receipt obtained for it." On the back of the envelope has a Trinidad 2 pence registration stamp.
Registered letter
(2011-03-16)
This is a Registered letter envelope with the following instructions on the front: "This letter must be given to an officer of the post office to be registered and a receipt obtained for it." On the back of the envelope has a Trinidad 2 pence registration stamp.
Trinidad cocoa - opening the pods and extracting the beans.
(2011-03-16)
A picture of labourers on a cocoa estate preparing the cocoa beans for transportation by donkeys to the cocoa houses for drying and fermentation.
Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago Greatest Festival
(2011-03-16) Quan Vie, Hugo
This postcard depicts a representation of the Queen of Carnival 1994.
Reservoir and Residence, Port of Spain Trinidad
(2011-03-16)
The postcards shows a view of the Maraval Reservoir, located in the town of Maraval on the island of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Bocas at Daylight, Trinidad, B.W.I.
(Muir Marshall and Co., [Trinidad and Tobago], 2011-03-15)
This postcard shows the Bocas del Dragon (Dragon's Mouth) at daytime. The Bocas Islands which lie between Trinidad and Venezuela, in the Dragon's Mouth, consists of four islands: Gaspar Grande, Chacachacare, Huevos and Monos.
Boca Mono, Trinidad, B.W.I.
(Muir Marshall and Co., [Trinidad and Tobago], 2011-03-15)
The postcard shows Monos Island which is about 0.8 km (half a mile) off the north western end of Trinidad, in the area known as Bocas del Dragon or Dragon’s mouth - 19 km wide and with four straits dividing the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea : Boca Grande, Boca de Navios, Boca de Huevos, Boca de Monos.
The First Boca, Trinidad
(Wilsons Limited[Trinidad], 2011-03-15)
The postcard shows the channel the First Boca or Boca de Monos which separates Monos Island from the Chaguaramas Peninsula of Trinidad. It is the first of four channels in the body of water known as the Boca del Dragon (Dragon’s Mouth) which lies between Trinidad and Venezuela.

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