The steel band had its genesis in Trinidad around 1945 but has permeated the Caribbean and the rest of the World. Steel pan music is a drum rhythm that uses instruments fashioned out of a variety of materials. These include dustpan bins, oil drums,…
An exterior view of the Retreat Hotel in Morant Bay, St. Thomas, Jamaica. A man is mowing the lawn, another standing next to a car parked on the grounds.
A group of persons enjoying a "rafting party" while floating on rafts across the Rio Grande River in Portland. The river is nestled between a heavily vegetated, mountainous area.
A view overlooking the town of Port Antonio in Portland, Jamaica. Buildings, water bodies and other features of the landscape are featured on this postcard.
A photographic postcard showing a man in a pimento tree breaking the branches and throwing them to the ground. Persons on the ground are picking the berries from the branches.