Airport '88 - Barbados: 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Item Overview

Title

Airport '88 - Barbados: 50th Anniversary Celebrations

Creator

Grantley Adams International Airport

Date Created

October 1988

Date

1988-10-01/1988-10-31

Collection

Barbados Ephemera Collection
Modern Endangered Archives Program

Notes

Description

Program of events at different locations throughout the island celebrating the Barbados International Airport's 50th anniversary. Formerly named Seawell Airport, it consisted only of a landing strip in 1938 and the first terminal opened in 1949. In 1976, the airport was dedicated posthumously in honour of the first Prime Minister of Barbados, Sir Grantley Herbert Adams.

Physical Description

Extent

4 pages

Dimensions

29.8 cm x 21 cm

Keywords

Genre

programs (documents)

Subject Geographic

Barbados
Saint Philip (Barbados)

Subject Temporal

20th Century

Longitude

13.1939

Latitude

59.5432

Resource type

text

Subjects

Events
Airport authorities
Anniversaries