Victoria Institute, Trinidad
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Date
2010-06-16T14:20:35Z
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Goodwille and Wilson Ltd., Trinidad
Abstract
The postcard shows the Victoria Institute which built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen’s Victoria’s reign. Fire gutted the building in 1920s and it was rebuilt in 1923, but renamed the National Museum and Art Gallery in 1965. The original building was designed by Daniel Mienerts Hahn, a German who worked in the Dept of Public Works. The following is written in script at the back of the postcard are these words:"This is a college where boys are trained it costs them five dollars a month it is in a pretty place just a little ways from the place."
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Colour: Sepia; Style: Landscape; Other: Unbordered, Divided
Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw.
Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw.
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Trinidad and Tobago, Postcards, Historical buildings, Port of Spain, National Museum