Indies Gallery

The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad

The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks. Rather more conservatively dressed people watch from the pavement and from balconies above street level. Date: 1888

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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West Indies Cricket Team - 1957 Tour - Signatures

The West Indies Cricket Team - Tour of England 1957. Featured are the brilliant (Sir) Garfield (Gary) Sobers, Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes, (Sir) Wesley Winfield Hall and Sonny Ramadhin. The signatures of all the players can be found on the reverse (see 10644613). Date: 1957

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula

Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula. Illustration from John Ellis, Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from the East Indies to which is added, The figure and botanical description of a new sensitive plant, called Dioneaea muscipula, or Venus's fly-trap Date: 1770

© The John Innes Centre/The John Innes Foundation/Mary Evans

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