Plantation Blairmont, Berbice

Image 01 - Swimming pool build in the 1930s (1940)

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Plantation Ma Retraite, Berbice

Image 01 - Plantation Ma Retraite (1911).

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New Amsterdam Esplanade, Berbice

The image shows the New Amsterdam Esplanade, looking out from the New Amsterdam Berbice Botanical Gardens.

Image 01 - New Amsterdam Esplanade (1900)

Image 02 - New Amsterdam Botanical Gardens (1912)

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All Saints Church, New Amsterdam

Image 01 - Exterior of the All Saints English Church, New Amsterdam (1914)

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[image 01] - The "Berbice Gazette" Store, British Guiana

Congregational Church, New Amsterdam

Image 01 - Congregational Church and Schools in New Amsterdam (1914)

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Plantation Skeldon, Berbice

Image 01 - Sugar factory at Plantation Skeldon (1913)

Image 02 - The Corentyne Bus at Skeldon (1925)

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Scotch Church, New Amsterdam

Image 01 - Scotch Church in New Amsterdam (1907)

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Palmyra, Berbice

Image 01 - Palmyra, East Coast Berbice (1910)

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[image 01] - The Berbice Gazette Store, British Guiana

Asylum Road, Berbice

Image 01 - Asylum Road, Berbice (1907)

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[image 01] - The Berbice Gazette Store, Berbice, British Guiana

Rosignol Railway Station, Berbice

Image01 - Rosignol Railway Station (1907)

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Canje Swing Bridge, Berbice

Image 01 - Canje swing bridge, Berbice (1900s)

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Plantation Adelphi, Berbice

Image 01 - African yard at Plantation Adelphi (1922)

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Rose Hall Village, Berbice

A roadside scene of Rose Hall Village, Courantyne, British Guiana.

Image 01 - Rose Hall Village (1952)

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Halley's Comet, Mahaica Creek

A comet is a solid mass in outerspace that is made up of ice and when it passes close enough to the sun gives off gases to form the distinctive head and tail shape. Halley's comet is one of the most famous with a re-visit period of 75 years. In 1912, Halley's comet was photographed at Mahaica Creek and the image is shown below.



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[image] Raphael Tuck and Sons, England

The Municipal Market, New Amsterdam

The original New Amsterdam started as a small village surrounding Fort Nassau in about 1733. The governing power at the time was the Dutch and many of the settlers were from Amsterdam, Holland. In about 1784 the village moved to the location at the Berbice and Canje Rivers and was officially made a town and the seat of government for Berbice. One of the main reasons for the move was to easily access the wealth of the land and to facilitate shipping along the waterways. During the period 1838 to 1844 a number of facilities (such as the Town Hall, the Supreme Court, Churches and Schools, Water and Electricity, and Gardens) were built to service the town. Also built was the Municipal Market of New Amsterdam. In 1891 the town became a Municipality. The image below shows the Municipal Market in 1924 at which time New Amsterdam was under the control of the British.

 

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A Colonial Family Outing

In the old days the best way of enjoying the outdoors and seeing some of the country was to go on an outing. The vehicles were usually rented. The image below shows a group of owners and workers (most likely for support services) on an outing at #59 Village, Corentyne in 1900.



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[image] The Berbice Gazette Store, British Guiana, 1900

Mounted Overseers of the British plantation

The Overseers were hired by plantation owners to direct the field workers. These Overseers were usually of a lower social class than the owners and not well-educated. Their goal was to optimize profits which translated to fear, intimidation and punishment for the workers.

Mounted Overseers at Plantation Springlands, British Guiana (1910)

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[image] The Berbice Gazette Store, British Guiana