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  • Collection: Greetings From Jamaica

Salomon de la Seva's squad, 3rd Battalion Royal North Lancashire Regiment

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Members of the 3rd Batallion Royal North Lancashire Regiment or 'Foreign Legion' as they were called because they came from various countries.

Round Hill, Montego Bay, Jamaica, The West Indies

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A distant view of Round Hill Hotel and its surrounding landscape.

Romantic Tropical Rhythm of Jamaica

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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,…

Rio Cobre Bridge, Bog Walk, Jamaica B. W. I.

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A postcard showing a man standing beside a parked car on the Rio Cobre Bridge, in the Bog Walk Gorge, Jamaica.

Retreat Hotel, Morant Bay, Jamaica B.W.I

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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.

Rafting Party on the Rio Cobre from Titchfield Hotel

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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.

Public Buildings, Kingston, Jamaica

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A photograph on a postcard showing a tramcar driving past public buildings on King Street, Kingston.

Priestmans River

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Portion of the Priestmans River that runs through heavy vegetation and flows into the Caribbean Sea.

Port Antonio - Greetings from Ja. (A. Duperly and sons)

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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.

Picking pimento

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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.