Convict Depot Carrera Isle. Trinidad
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-11T14:09:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-11T14:09:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-03-11 | |
dc.description | Colour: Coloured; Style: Landscape; Other: Unbordered, Undivided | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The postcard shows Carrera Island, referred to as Convict Depot because during the 1800s prisoners were carried to the island to quarry limestone for road building. In 1877, a prison was constructed, today the island remains a prison island. This postcard which is postmarked 1908, is addressed to F.C. White of Connecticut, United States of America and affixed is a one cent United States postage stamp. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for this project has been provided by Mrs. Irma E. Goldstraw. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/9645 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Muir Marshall and Co.,[Trinidad and Tobago] | en_US |
dc.rights | Please contact the Main Library, The University of the West Indies for permission to use the digitized images. wimail@sta.uwi.edu | en |
dc.subject | Trinidad and Tobago | en_US |
dc.subject | Postcards | en_US |
dc.subject | Islands--Trinidad and Tobago | en_US |
dc.subject | 1908 | en_US |
dc.subject | Prisons--Trinidad and Tobago | en |
dc.subject.other | Carrera Island | en |
dc.title | Convict Depot Carrera Isle. Trinidad | en_US |
dc.type | Image | en_US |