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  • Collection: Glass Slides

Jamaica woman

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A Jamaican woman pauses for a photograph on a dirt road in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. The smiling woman is barefooted, wearing a broad-brimmed hat and is carrying a straw bag.

King Street looking south

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A busy day on commercial King Street in Down Town, Kingston. Commuters in horse-drawn carriages, tramcars and on bicycles and foot, are up and about.

Lacovia, Bamboo Walk

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Dirt road lined with bamboo trees on both sides. The area, between Middle Quarters and Lacovia, is known as Bamboo Avenue today.

Loading bananas

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Labourers line up to load bananas onto a ship.

Logwood, Black River

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Numerous logwood trees in the countryside of Black River, St. Elizabeth.

Lumberyard by train tracks

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Large lumberyard located near a railway.

Mangoes

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Young man picking mango from a laden tree.

Mansion

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Photograph of a large two-storey dwelling with a well manicured lawn.

Map of Jamaica

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Map of the Island of Jamaica prepared for the Jamaica Handbook under the direction of Thomas Harrison, Govt. surveyor by Colin Liddell, 1895.

Market day

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Vendors and buyers at a busy market.