Browse Items (9905 total)

A corner of Henriques' Panama Factory

http://nlj.gov.jm/Digital-Images/d_0004150_corner_henriques_panama2.jpg
Factory workers attending to and making hats at the C.C. Henriques Company which is the largest exporter of genuine Jamaica Panama hats.

A Coromantee free negro ranger in Guyana about 1775

http://nlj.gov.jm/Digital-Images/d_0002807_coromantee_free_negro_1775.jpg
An artist's impression of a Coromantee Free African ranger in Guyana about 1775 armed with weapons.

A country wedding

http://nlj.gov.jm/Digital-Images/d_0003469_mass_wedding.jpg
A mass wedding of Africans being conducted by a white man in a rural area. The men and women are standing in font of a booth covered with palm leaves. The marriage officer is standing behind a table covered with a tablecloth. A vase of flower and a…

A cudgelling match between English and French negroes in the island of Dominica ca. 1779

d_0004802_cudgelling_match_between_english_french_negroes.jpg
Men from two groups of black men - English and French - fight with sticks during a cudgelling match in Dominica. A man acting as 'referee' as well as two female bystanders are also captured.

A dangerous bus ride

d_0009867_dangerous_bus_ride.jpg
"A dangerous practice: Despite appeals and warnings from all quarters overloaded passenger buses continue to ply on the various routes. These two youngsters, caught by out photographer, had apparently decided that whatever the cost, this bus would…

A display of batik and tie

d_0008597_display_batik_tie.jpg
"A display of batik and tie and dye looked at by one of the instructors, Miss Davis [left] and one of the students."

A distressing parting between parent and child

d_0005894_distressing_parting.jpg
Coloured print showing a mother being separated from her child after a slave auction.

A diver at Port Royal

http://nlj.gov.jm/Digital-Images/d_0003598_diver_port_royal.jpg
Diver under the sea at Port Royal.