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| Picture No | 10238637 |
| Date | 5 May 1888 |
| Description | Street scene, Barbados. Throwing Money |
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A raucous scene in the streets of Bridgetown, Barbados where it was the tradition for visitors landing at the port to throw copper and silver coins to people in the street, often leading to chaos as evidenced by the baskets of fruit toppling from the heads of passing Barbadian women.
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| Source | Engraving in The Illustrated London News, 5 May 1888 page 475 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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