Guyana Collection

Georgetown, Guyana, Caribbean
Georgetown, British Guyana, Caribbean - Thomas Street Date: circa 1910s

Guyana / Roraima
This was the reputed location for The Lost World created by Conan Doyle

East Street, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
East Street, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America, with water and trees in the middle. Date: circa 1910

Man and Woman of Guyana, South America, possibly Arawaks. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Guyana Georgetown
Street scene outside a shop

Sport / Football / Guyana
Native Guyanese Indians play a regional variant of football, reliant it appears on keeping the ball in the air using clever ball skills

Man and woman of Guianna or Guyana, South America, 1818. They wear striped skirts, carry bow, arrows and basket in front of a cabin or carbet

Man and woman of the Isle of Paques or Easter Island, 1818. They wear feather headdresses, cloaks and skirts, and the man holds a cudgel

Guyana caiman lizard, Dracaena guianensis (dracaena lizard, Lacerta dracaena). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia

Wapisiana hunter, British Guiana, South America
Wapisiana (Wapishana, Wapixana) hunter shooting fish, British Guiana, South America (then part of the British Empire, now Guyana). 1922

British forces occupy Guyana. Date: 1803

Racial Types - Guyana - Postman
A postman of French Guyana delivers the post and other items to two women Date: circa 1905

Estate Managers house, Guyana, South America
Estate Managers house (possibly on a sugar plantation), Guyana (then British Guiana), South America. Date: circa 1905

High Street, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
High Street, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America, with transport waiting for passengers on the right. Date: circa 1910

Venezuela, Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco
A beautiful portrait of a Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco Delta region. The Warao (" the boat people" ) are an indigenous people inhabiting northeastern Venezuela and western Guyana

Native Indian family, Guyana, South America
Native Indian family, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America. Date: circa 1905

Tower Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
Tower Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America. Date: circa 1908

General view, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
General aerial view of Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America, showing public buildings, including the parliament building in renaissance style, completed in 1834. Date: circa 1910

Law Courts, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
Law Courts, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America. Date: circa 1940

Colonial Bank, Georgetown, Guyana, South America
Colonial Bank, Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America. Date: circa 1910

Piaroas ceremonial masks. 1960. Venezuela
Piaroas ceremonial masks: Spirit of the Forest (Redyo), monkey and Peccary mask. 1960. Venezuela. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Queen and Prince Philip on tour in British Guiana
The Queen and Prince Philip wave to the crowds from their open-top car as they travel through British Guiana on their Royal Tour. Date: 12th March 1966

British Guiana (Guyana) Georgetown, Demerara - The Town Hall
British Guiana (Guyana) - Georgetown, Demerara - The Town Hall Date: circa 1890s

Georgetown, Guyana - (from left:) Hand in Hand Insurance Company Building (still standing), the Tower Hotel, the post office and the G Club building. Date: circa 1901

Shipping Rum - British Guiana (Guyana)
Shipping Rum (and sugar cane required in the production of rum) - British Guiana (the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana)

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - British Guyana. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Hyde Park, Demerara River, Guyana, South America
Hyde Park, Demerara River, Guyana (then British Guiana), South America, with people boating. Date: circa 1910

Guyana / Sericoeng &c
Sericoeng and Ayangike waterfall in Guyana, providing the setting for Conan Doyles The Lost World Date: 1876

Specklinia grobyi orchid.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Differently colored catasetum orchid, Catasetum discolor.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1835

Colleys batemannia orchid, Batemannia colleyi.. Handcolored copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Sydenham Edwards The Botanical Register, London, Ridgway, 1834

Queen Juliana meeting Dutch boy scouts
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands meeting Dutch boy scouts, 16 August 1957. She gives the scout salute at a reception in the garden of the Soesdijk Palace for boy scouts from the Dutch Antilles

Boy scouts, St Marys Own Troop, Georgetown, Guyana
Troop Leader John Lewis (right) and boy scout Denis Oudkerk of St Marys Own Troop, Georgetown, British Guyana, South America

Boy scout, St Marys Own Troop, Georgetown, Guyana
Boy scout Denis Oudkerk of St Marys Own Troop, Georgetown, British Guyana, South America

Troop Leader, St Marys Own Troop, Georgetown, Guyana
Troop Leader John Lewis of St Marys Own Troop, Georgetown, British Guyana, South America

Portrait of a scout from Georgetown, British Guyana
Portrait of a scout, Errol Lewis, from Georgetown, British Guyana, South America

Boy scout from British Guyana, South America

Boy scouts on parade, British Guyana, South America

Boy scouts with leader in British Guyana, South America
Group photo of boy scouts with their leader in British Guyana, South America

Scouts and sea scouts from British Guyana, South America, with a flag, surrounded by luggage

Sea scout in British Guyana, South America

Two boy scouts from British Guyana, South America
Two boy scouts (one East Indian, one African) from British Guyana, South America, observing the Fourth Scout Law (A Scout is a friend to all, and a brother to every other Scout...)

Chief Scout and Governor with new Queens Scouts, Guyana
Governor and Chief Scout, Sir Richard Luyt, with two of seven new Queens Scouts and their proud mothers from Buxton, East Coast Demerara, British Guyana, South America

Boy scouts washing a dog, Georgetown, British Guyana
Three boy scouts washing a dog during Work and Earn Week in Georgetown, British Guyana, South America. They belong to Troop 27, Queens Colours. Date: 1955

Chief Scout and Governor with new Queens Scout, Guyana
Governor and Chief Scout, Sir Richard Luyt, with one of seven new Queens Scouts and his proud mother from Buxton, East Coast Demerara, British Guyana, South America

Cub scouts running past VIPs, British Guyana, South America. On the dais are Sir Richard Luyt, Governor and Chief Scout of Guyana, his wife Lady Luyt, and Dr P A Reid, Minister for Youth. Date: 1966

Archery demonstration at combined camp, British Guyana
An archery demonstration given by ADC Gerald Young at a combined camp for scouts and guides, British Guyana, South America, March 1966. Date: 1966

Chief Scout with seven new Queens Scouts, British Guyana
Governor and Chief Scout, Sir Richard Luyt, with seven new Queens Scouts, British Guyana, South America, March 1966. Date: 1966

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