Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
The Abacos are a group of islands and cays in the Bahamas that form a 120-mile-long chain stretching over 650 square miles. Great Abaco is the second largest island in the Bahamas with one third of the country’s population. Many of smaller islands and cays in the area were settled by British Loyalist after the American Revolutionary War. Marsh Harbour is a town on Great Abaco located closest to Man of War Cay. This image features boats anchored neared a dock, which could either be on Man of War Cay or Marsh Harbor. In the distance, across the bay, is a gazebo. Slide labeled Dock for Man of War at Marsh Harbor April '65.
Bahamas -- North America -- Abaco
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