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J.B.C. strikers sit down demonstration
Michael "Joshua" Manley sitting amidst demonstrators during the '6th round' of the Jamaica Broadcasting Commission sit down demonstration in Half-Way Tree, St. Andrew.
National Hero - Norman Manley
The People's National Party's first president, Norman Washington Manley.
Manley gestures as he makes his last speech as President of the PNP
Norman Manley giving a final public speech as outgoing President of the People's National Party.
W.A. Bustamante standing in a car in a motorcade
Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante greeting the throng of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters surrounding his motorcade.
Wag Water River
The Wag Water River in St. Mary with a view of nearby mountains.
Sir Alexander Bustamante, a portrait ca. 1960's
Candid portrait of Sir Alexander Bustamante, first Prime Minister of Independent Jamaica.
Sir Alexander Bustamante, Sir Donald Sangster and Lady Bustamante at King's House function after independence
Prime Minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante in conversation with his wife, Lady Bustamante and then Minister of Finance, Donald Sangster at an Independence Day function.
The Rozelle Falls on the road to Morant Bay, B.W.I.
A woman catches water from the small waterfall in St. Thomas known as Rozelle (or Roselle) Falls.
Slave cell at 'Geddes', St. Ann
"Two holes at back for coons to be thrust through and chained to a bard embedded in the masonry."
Reform School - Stony Hill
Children on the lawns of the Government Reformatory in Stony Hill, St. Andrew. The school was for built poor, orphaned and troubled children.
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Shortwood Primary choir

"Shortwood Practising (Primary) School's choir practising "The Lord is My Shepherd" for the Choral Festival scheduled for this October - part of the…