A faded picture of what looks like a small rural village with thatched roof huts just off a shoreline.

A faded picture of what looks like a small rural village with thatched roof huts just off a shoreline.

An East Indian family outside their wooden hut. The man is standing with the child who is naked while the woman is engaged in a household task. Postcard dated 1947.

An East Indian family outside their wooden hut. The man is standing with the child who is naked while the woman is engaged in a household task.

Photo of a large family next to their hut which has a thatched roof. Number 575

A picture of wooded huts with thatched roofs built between the shore, littered with drift wood, and a coconut grove.

An East Indian family standing in front of a large mud hut with a thatched roof. The postcard is addressed to Robert Pretzer of Germany and affixed is a one penny Trinidad stamp.

Two women standing in front of a hut. The walls of these huts are usually made from a mixture of clay, grass, cow dung and water while the roof is usually made from carat or palm leaves. Outside the huts are wooden barrels ...

A hut locally referred to as ajoupa or tapia hut. The walls of tapia huts are made from a mixture of clay, grass, cow dung and water while the roof is made from carat or palm leaves.

These labourers' dwellings in the Mora forest are ajoupas constructed of tapia, which is a mixture of clay, grass, cow dung and water, or wooden framework dwellings all thatched with carat palm leaves.