| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-03-01T12:43:44Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2011-03-01T12:43:44Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2011-03-01 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2139/9222 |
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| dc.description |
Colour: Sepia; Style: Landscape; Other: Bordered, Undivided |
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| dc.description.abstract |
The postcard shows a wooden punt which served as a ferry bridge over the Nariva and Ortoire rivers (1870s - 1950s) as there was no road to the district of Mayaro. The trip across the river used to cost a penny. People, horses, buggies and later automobiles were ferried across the rivers. |
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| dc.description.sponsorship |
Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw. |
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| dc.language.iso |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Unknown |
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| dc.rights |
Please contact the Main Library, The University of the West Indies for permission to use the digitized images. wimail@sta.uwi.edu |
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| dc.subject |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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| dc.subject |
Postcards |
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| dc.subject |
Ferries--Trinidad and Tobago |
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| dc.subject |
Water taxis--Trinidad and Tobago |
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| dc.subject |
Inland water transportation--Trinidad and Tobago |
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| dc.subject |
Shipping--Trinidad and Tobago |
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| dc.subject |
Rivers--Trinidad and Tobago |
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| dc.subject |
Cities and towns--Trinidad and Tobago--Mayaro |
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| dc.title |
Nariva Ferry |
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| dc.type |
Image |
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