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The airlift tube depositing mud and water on a screen in the barge at Port Royal excavation

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Men on a barge anchored in the sea in Port Royal using an airlift pump to assist in their excavation of the area. A ship is seen in the background.

The Abuna blessing the congregation

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"Blessing: The Abuna blessing the congregation at the divine service of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church at 89 Maxfield Avenue on New Year's Day. The service marked the end of the third annual conference of the EOC of the Western Hemisphere."

The 1930 cricket team with George Headley on the the left

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Group photograph of the West Indies cricket team in 1930 . George Headley is on the extreme left in the middle row [kneeling on one leg].

The 1925 cricket team of Jamaica

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The Jamaica cricket team which played against Barbados in the 1925 test matches.

The "Queen" of the John Canoe dancers

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One of the characters in the John Canoe Festival.

The 'Wolverine' that took George William Gordon to Morant Bay to be hanged

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"The Wolverine" the ship on which Governor Eyre took George William Gordon to St. Thomas, where martial law was in force, to be hanged.

The 'Ile de France' in 1954

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Photograph of the ship 'Ile de France' in 1954.

The 'fremantle' plane which inaugurated the Air Pan- American Service

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A fremantle airplane which inaugurated the Pan - American Air Service lands in the sea next to a ship.