Government Industrial School for Boys, Barbados

Abstract

A view of the Government Industrial School for Boys in Barbados. In the background there are a group of boys assembled in the yard of the school. In the foreground there’s an empty field. A 1/4d brown stamp is affixed to the front (bottom right) of the image, with the imprint : ET PENITVS TOTO REGNANTES ORBE BRITANNOS (which can be translated to mean – ant the British ruling throughout the whole world). At the front top right-hand corner, the date is written in French in black ink : Bridgetown, 7 Janvier 1917, Terry. At the back : £12 PP.