IDNO

P.99656.ACH2

Description

Street scene, possibly of Water Street, Georgetown, showing shop fronts, horse drawn tram, pedestrians, and at the end of the street the clock tower of the Stabroek market is visible.

Place

S America; Guyana; Georgetown; Stabroek

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1881 - 1900

Collection Name

?Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99643 to P.99673 are in A.173. The album was formerly kept in paper archive envelope WO6/1/12; Box 174. It has now been transferred to the photo archive.

Context: Stabroek Market is “Georgetown’s grand old market which tries to sell everything fruits, vegetables, livestock, meat, fish, furniture, manufactured household goods, tools, jewelry and more. It extends from Water Street to the bank of the Demerara River adjacent to the Demerara Stelling.  In 1842, the Georgetown Town Council designated the area on which it is located the Stabroek Market, giving confirmation to a name the area already had, as it was the most popular market area in Georgetown. The market was designed and constructed by the Edgemoor Iron Company of Delaware, USA over the period 1880-1881. The original site occupied 70,000 square feet, 50,000 of which were reclaimed from the Demerara.  The engineer in charge of the building operations was  Nathaniel McKay.” [Source: Guyana Jottings, www.silvertorch.com/jottings/guyajots2.html, JD 3/5/2007]

Source: A stamp inside the album mentions it to be a Haddon gift.

This album has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [S. Guha 17/11/2004]