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  • Collection: Great Earthquake of Kingston

Myrtle Bank Hotel after 1907 earthquake

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Postcard showing the Myrtle Bank Hotel following January 14, 1907 earthquake. Structures such as the walls at the entrance suffered damage.

Bank of Nova Scotia after earthquake 1907

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A black and white photograph of the Bank of Nova Scotia after the earthquake in 1907. The photograph captures how the building looked after the quake.

Port Royal Street, Kingston

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Photograph of a group of men clearing rubble off Port Royal Street, following the January 14, 1907 earthquake.

Coke Wesleyan Chapel

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A view of the Coke Wesleyan Chapel, Kingston, Jamaica in the aftermath of the 1907 earthquake.

Colonial Bank, Kingston

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Colonial Bank, Kingston, after earthquake, January 14, 1907.

Court House on Harbour Street

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Court house on Harbour Street after the January 1907 earthquake. One section of the court house has bad structural damage.

Harbour Street, Kingston

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View of Harbour Street, Kingston after earthquake of January 14, 1907 which left many buildings destroyed, evident by the large piles of rubble on the sidewalk and roofless buildings

Garrison Church Up Park Camp

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Garrison Church, Up Park Camp, destroyed on the 14th January 1907 by the earthquake.

Mico Institute after 1907 earthquake

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The Mico Institute (now Mico Teacher's College = Mico University College) suffering extensive damage as a result of the 1907 earthquake.

Post office and court house, Kingston, after the 1907 earthquake

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Photograph of the damages to the court house and post office caused by the 1907 earthquake.