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Photograph of the Spanish Town Cathedral. Spanish Town is the capital of the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica.

The image shows an elderly woman on a bicycle wearing slippers and a long skirt. Her head is wrapped and she wears a hat. A little boy without shoes holds on to the bicycle as he looks directly at the lady.

A group of women walk through the village of Half Way Tree on the eve of the 20th century. Half Way Tree is capital of the parish of St. Andrew.

The picture shows a woman standing in a long dress, bear-footed. Both arms akimbo (sides).

Gordon Town is a settlement in Jamaica situated in the parish of St. Andrew. Horses can be seen in the photograph.

The image shows a hut in the bushes. It is nestled among trees and bushes on a hill.

Black and white photograph of a naval dockyard where either commissioned ships are based or where ships are overhauled and refitted.

The photograph shows a section of Harbour Street in Kingston, Jamaica, which has been devastated by the earthquake of 1907. Damaged utility poles, streets and buildings can also be seen in the photograph.

Lady Juliana Dawkins (1735-1821) the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Portmore married Henry Dawkins in 1759. George Hay Dawkins-Pennant was her second son.

James MacFayden was a Scottish doctor and botanist who made a significant contribution to the scientific study of plants of the Caribbean region. While treating patients during one of the periodic epidemic of cholera, he himself contracted the…