Title

'Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad', early 20th century. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Breaking Cocoa, Trinidad', early 20th century. Workers processing cocoa beans. Cacao, or cocoa, has contributed to the socio-economic development of Trinidad and Tobago for over 200 years, ever since the Spanish first planted the Criollo variety in 1525. S.P.G. Coloured Post Card No. 92 Series 8. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG) was a Church of England missionary organisation active in the British Atlantic area in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D48_050

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74,2Mb (4,0Mb) / 21,2in x 13,6in / 6360 x 4080 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature tree harvest agriculture female women woman people black male man men religious plant tropical West Indies indies Caribbean industry worker religion guy color colour harvesting plantation location century Trinidad and Tobago beans breaking lady processing cocoa hand-tinted 1900s 1910s 20th century hand tinted Trinidadian workers The Print Collector cocoa bean TGN cocoa tree hand coloured photograph postcard cocoa plantation Unknown hand-coloured chocolate industry missionary organisation S.P.G. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts SPG photograph postcard