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  • Collection: Miss Lou Collection

Louise Bennett

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Louise Bennett and husband Eric Coverley holding hands in a pose for the camera

Louise Bennett-Coverley and husband Eric Coverley

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Louise Bennett and her husband Eric Coverley at home in a jovial mood.

Louise Bennett-Coverley and Sir Florizel Glasspole

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Sir Florizel Glasspole gives 'Miss Lou' a friendly hug while they look at her newly published book and share a joke.

Louise Bennett-Coverley, Eric Coverley and friends

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Louise Bennett-Coverley and her husband Eric pose for a picture with friends in front of a house that is partially hidden by plants.

Miss Lou's Views on R.J.R.

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Dressed in traditional folk dress, Louise Bennett is being driven in a 1935 Austin 7 convertible car during a live broadcast of the "Miss Lou's Views" series on RJR. Surrounding her is an excited throng.

Miss Lou performing

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A candid photograph of Miss Lou during a dramatic performance. She has a bow in her hair and is wearing a plaid dress with lace bloomers, a pair of socks rolled up to her knees and a pair of sneakers.

Louise Bennett-Coverley

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Portrait of Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley, Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer and educator.

Miss Lou and others on a float parade

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Photograph of Louise Bennett, Ranny Williams and others in costume, on a float parade.

Louise Bennett participating in the Tropigas draw

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Miss Lou during the Tropigas "Lucky 10 Competition" at Tropigas located at 41a Half Way Tree Road. A gasoline stove is the grand prize.

Louise Bennett, September 1932

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A young, thirteen year old Louise Bennett posing for a photograph.