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Item Anglican Bishop's residence(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-04-01T14:22:42Z) Khan, FaroukDescription on the back of the postcard:"Also call Hayes Court. This Typical grand house, styled with a pleasant mixture of French and English. It was built in 1910 and has always been the residence of the Bishops of the Anglican Diosces[sic]."Item Calypso Beach "Down the islands", Trinidad and Tobago(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-07-05T17:30:45Z) Khan, FaroukThe postcard shows three boats moored at the jetty of the Calypso Beach Resort, Gasparee Island off Trinidad's north west coast.Item Caroni Swamp(Printmaster Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago, 2011-03-01) Khan, FaroukThe postcard shows the Caroni Swamp which is the largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad.Item City of Port of Spain, Fringed by Poui Trees(Ace Printery, Trinidad, 2010-03-11T15:41:48Z) Khan, FaroukPhoto showing the city of Port of Spain fringed by yellow poui trees in bloom, circa 1970. The card bears a handwritten correspondence and a Trinidad and Tobago postage stamp valued at one dollar.Item Fort King George, Tobago(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-03-12T13:27:10Z) Khan, FaroukThis picturesque photograph of Fort King George, Tobago displays its well manicured grounds – large trees, palms, flowering plants, sculptured shrubs and a beautiful lawn. Two cannons are pointing in opposite directions and someone is looking out to the sea, at top left of the photograph. Fort King George is at the top a hill about 400 feet above Scarborough - the capital of Tobago, Rockley Bay and the harbour. It was built by the British as a strategic vantage point in the 1770s and was named in honour of King George III who reigned over Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820. The French took the fort and renamed it Fort Castries and occupied it from 1781-1793 but the British recaptured it. The fort was abandoned in 1854. It is one of the Tobago's top historical attractions.Item Gate to city that never sleeps - St. James(2010-04-01T13:45:11Z) Khan, FaroukThe postcard shows the gate at the entrance to the city of St. James on the Western Main Road. Many of the streets in St. James reflect an East Indian influence in their names such as Agra, Benares, Bengal, Delhi and Madras, to name a few and the gate to the city of St. James also echoes an East Indian flavour in its architecture. St. James was incorporated into the city of Port of Spain in 1938.Item Gloxena [sic](Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-06-01T18:51:22Z) Khan, FaroukGloxena [sic] (Gloxinia) is a genus of three species of tropical rhizomatous herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae.Item Hosay - St. James(Printmaster,[Trinidad and Tobago], 2011-03-10) Khan, FaroukThe postcard shows a Tadjah which is erected during the Hosay (Hussein) celebrations in Trinidad. Hosay was brought to Trinidad by the Shitte Muslim communities who came from India as indentured labourers.Item Knowsley, Queen's Park Savannah(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2009-07-31T12:24:34Z) Khan, FaroukPhoto of the Knowsley building located in Queen's Park, Port of Spain, Trinidad. It was built in 1904. Lush green surroundings as well as the bright red, white and black Trinidad and Tobago flag are visible.Item Maracas Bay, Trinidad Finest(Print Master Limited, Marabella, Trinidad, 2009-04-21T11:43:53Z) Khan, FaroukThis picture shows, through the trees, the calm blue waters of Maracas Bay.Item Memorial Park – Port-of-Spain(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-03-11T13:39:57Z) Khan, FaroukSix wooden and concrete benches, face one another, as they flank one of the four pathways leading up to the cenotaph, installed here on 28 June 1924, in the centre of the War Memorial Park, often referred to as “Memorial Park”. The benches seem to welcome you to sit and remember the Trinidad and Tobago nationals who served and died in World Wars I and II, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945. A man and a woman are seated on one of the benches, in the foreground. In the distant background are the Laventille Hills.Item Nariva, Trinidad's East Coast(Printmaster Ltd.,Trinidad and Tobago, 2011-02-25) Khan, FaroukThe postcard shows the Nariva Swamp the largest wetland and most diverse wetland system in Trinidad.Item Samaan trees; Usine St. Madeline near San Fernando(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-03-31T13:32:20Z) Khan, FaroukThe postcard shows a man dressed in a white shirt and short pants playing a sport under this samaan tree which is surrounded by well manicured lawns, a large body of water and other trees.Item Trinidad and Tobago(Printmaster,Trinidad and Tobago, 2011-03-09) Khan, FaroukDescription printed on the back of the postcard: "Quaint fishing port of San Fernando."Item Trinidad and Tobago(Printmaster,Trinidad and Tobago, 2011-03-09) Khan, FaroukDescription on the back of the postcard: "Quaint fishing port of San Fernando."Item Trinidad Creoles(Print Master Limited, Trinidad, 2010-03-04T13:15:49Z) Khan, FaroukSome horses running wild in a field.