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Artifact

Passport

Description

  • British Passport issued on April 3, 1925 at Guayaquil, Ecuador to Frederick Thomas Webb.
  • Includes visas to Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. 

History of Use

  • Used by Frederick Thomas Webb to travel to South America where he worked for the Imperial Oil Company in the 1920s. 

Background Information

Map Location

Latitude: 2° 10' 16.064" S
Longitude: 79° 55' 24.208" W

Date

1925-1930

Dimensions

inches
Length:
4.0
Height:
6.0

Events, Places, People

  • Frederick Thomas Webb
  • Ecuador
  • Peru
  • Panama

Originating Location

South America›Ecuador

Subject

  • The front cover of a British Passport issued to Frederick Thomas Webb. It is navy with gold writing and a crest. There are two light-coloured stickers with handwritten titles.
  • The inside cover of a passport. The first page is yellow and the second is pink. There is typed information on both pages and information filled in with ink. There is a green stamp of the first page covered with a black ink stamp.
  • Pages 2 and 3 of a passport belonging to Fred Webb with his personal description and photograph. The pages are pink and information has been filled in with ink. There is a black stamp on each corner of the photograph.
  • Pages 4 and 5 of a passport belonging to Fred Webb. The pages are pink with printed information as well as information filled in with black ink.
  • Visas from Ecuador stamped on pink pages. There is information written in blue and black ink over printed lines.
  • A green visa stamp from Peru on pink pages. There is stamped information in purple ink, too.
  • Two blue stamps and writing in black ink on pages marked "Visas" inside a passport.
  • Two blue ink stamps and three green paper stamps with handwritten additions on pink pages marked "Visas" inside a passport.

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