IDNO

P.99663.ACH2

Description

An exterior view of the ‘Hand-in-Hand Builidng’ of the Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited (and Town Hall between 1879-c.1909), at the corner of the Avenue of the Republic and North Road. Spectators in front of the building appear to be watching the photographer.

Place

S America; Guyana

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1879 - 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: The building housing the Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company Limited, at the corner of the Avenue of the Republic and North Road, was built during 1878 and 1879. In June 1879, the Company let three large rooms facing High Street to the Georgetown Municipality while it occupied the other three, two facing High Street and the other facing North Road. And for the next decade the Hand-in-Hand building served as the City Hall of Georgetown as well. Its cast-iron ornamentation includes arches, stairs and railings with distinctive floral designs typical of the Victorian era in Britain. [Source: HAnd in Hand Online, www.hihgy.com/history.htm, 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]