Hoisting of Federal flag after opening of Federal Parliament - 1956.

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SpecialCollections.repositoryWest Indiana and Special Collections Division, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIfill, Garnet
dc.coverage.spatialTrinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-08T14:30:15Z
dc.date.available2011-04-08T14:30:15Z
dc.date.created1956
dc.date.issued2011-04-08
dc.descriptionThe photograph shows Dr. Eric Williams at the hoisting of the Federation flag after the opening of Federal Parliament in 1956. On the right of Dr. Williams is Sir Grantley Adams, the Premier of Barbados (1951-1958). In recognition of his meritorious contribution to Barbados and the wider Caribbean region, Her Majesty, the Queen of England, knighted him in 1957. Adams became the first and only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, 1958-1962 and was an important figure in the regional integration movement. On the right of Sir Adams, is Norman Manley, Chief Minister of Jamaica (the position of the elected leader was given this name in 1953).en_US
dc.formatColour:Black and white;Style:Landscapeen_US
dc.identifier.otherW46en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/9916
dc.publisherThis collection was digitized and made accessible via UWISpace by the Digital Library Services Centre(DLSC),the Alma Jordan Library, the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Campus,Trinidad and Tobago.en
dc.rightsThe Collection is the property of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. To find out about accessing the collection contact wimail@sta.uwi.edu or visit: http://www.mainlib.uwi.tt/divisions/wi/collsp/specialcoll2.htm#reprographicservicesen_US
dc.subject.lcshAdams, Sir Grantleyen_US
dc.subject.lcshManley, Normanen_US
dc.subject.lcshWilliams,Eric Eustace,1911-1981en_US
dc.subject.lcshFederal government--West Indiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshFlag raising and loweringen_US
dc.subject.lcshWest Indies Federation(1952-1962)en_US
dc.titleHoisting of Federal flag after opening of Federal Parliament - 1956.en_US
dc.typeImageen_US

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