Hannau Color Productions was established by Dr Hans Walter Hannau who had fled Austria when Adolf Hitler rose to power. Hannau became recognized as one of the foremost colour photographers in America. By 1953/54, Hannau signed a sales agreement with Robinson Printers Inc. Under his firm’s name Hannau Color Productions,…
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Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Clifton Pier
Clifton Pier is located in the South West of New Providence. Clifton Pier was the site of a steam power station providing electricity for the Bahamas Electrical Corporation. It was also used as an alternate port for landing cruise passengers when adverse weather conditions prevented anchorage at Nassau. The ships would…
View More Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Clifton PierBahamas Philately: Walter K. Moore
Sir Walter Kingsbury Moore (1883 – 1957) was a merchant and the largest exporter of Bahamian sisal hemp and marine products (tortoise and sea shells).He exported Cascarilla Bark, Siftlings, Brown and Pink Cameo and other seashells including shell necklaces and Ambergis. Walter Kingsbury Moore received a CBE (Order of the…
View More Bahamas Philately: Walter K. MooreBahamas Philately: Watlings Castle
Watlings Castle is located on San Salvador Island. This site consists of the ruins of a late 1700s to early 1800s building called the Sandy Point plantation manor house. The plantation was constructed during the Loyalist Era from blocks of local Pleistocene calcarenite limestone. The substantial ruins include a three-story…
View More Bahamas Philately: Watlings CastleBahamas Philately: New Providence – Nassau – Market Street
Market Street, Nassau, was originally known as Farm Road. The street was named Farm Road as it was the principal route for bringing produce to the market in Nassau. In 1849, Market Street was in dire need of resurfacing, drainage, and an access route to the city. In order to…
View More Bahamas Philately: New Providence – Nassau – Market StreetBahamas Philately: Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
The roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) is a social wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae. It is a resident breeder in both South and North America. Plume hunting in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries almost drove the roseate spoonbill to extinction. The roseate spoonbill’s pink color is…
View More Bahamas Philately: Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)Bahamas Philately: Dairying
In 1936 an American investor named Austin Levy set up a dairy and poultry farm on thousands of acres at Hatchet Bay on Eleuthera. By 1956, about 100 head of the 350 head herd of Holstein and Guernsey cattle were being milked producing about 180-190 galleons of milk per day supplying milk and ice…
View More Bahamas Philately: DairyingBahamas Philately: Hobby Horse Hall
Hobby Horse Hall in Nassau, was opened in 1792. The race track was named Hobby Horse Hall, after a popular children’s toy at the time. In February 1958 a fire destroyed most of the facilties and it was rebuilt and upgraded, reopening in 1960. This included a new grandstand and…
View More Bahamas Philately: Hobby Horse HallBahamas Philately: Agriculture
Before the Second World War, about a third of all Bahamians were considered farmers – a figure which fell in 1953 to 10.55%. In 1950, the Colonial Development Corporation in London announced an ambitious, multimillion pound development plans for Africa and the Bahamas. The two were linked together, under one…
View More Bahamas Philately: AgricultureBahamas Philately: Grace Line
Grace Line was a U.S. shipping company that existed from 1882 to 1969. It operated various freight and passenger lines from U.S. ports. After the war the Grace Line operated 23 ships totalling 188,000 gross tons, and an additional 14 more on bareboat charters. In 1970, Grace Line was sold…
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