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Government Registration Office
"This could be the place where one may apply for a marriage license, or perhaps get married."
Public officials inspecting building at Savanna-la-mar Public Works Department
"Works Minister, Hon. Sydney Pagon (third from left) during an inspection tour of the Savanna-la-mar Public Works Department recently. Improvement works were undertaken on the office building by the Ministry. Fourth from left is Central Westmoreland…
Tower at Fair Prospect in Portland
"This is a tower at Fair Prospect in Portland built by slaves during the days when our colonial masters kept them to work on plantations in all parts of the island. Reputed to be over 300 years old, this one was used by the slave master to check on…
Customer Day at NCB anniversary celebration
National Commerical Bank customers being treated. Customers include: Mrs. Valrie Harrison, Bhagh Vaswani, Mrs. Carrol Magnus, Mr. Magnus Gordon, Mrs. Jean Jobson Cargill, Mr. Serya Magnus, Mr. Ossie Saynor, Miss Sandra Wilmott, Mr. Howard Holness,…
Appliance Traders Kenwood Chef Christmas competition
"Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brown of Norbrook and daughter Nadia, examines their new 10 cubic foot Amana Freezer just presented to them by Mr. Milton Ettrick [right] of Appliance Traders. Mrs. Brown, the lucky first prize winner in the Appliance Traders…
Tags: Home freezers
Institute of Sports signs contract for laying of tracks at National Stadium
"C. Lloyd Allen Jnr., [second right], signs the contract for the laying of the new Rekorton track at the National Stadium yesterday morning at the Board Room of the Institute of Sports [Insports]. Witnessing the signing are Errol Anderson [left],…
Grace Kennedy Consortium signing
"Versaair signing - Utilities and Transport Minister Alva Ross [third left] and Grace Kennedy Company Limited Director, Mabel Tenn [second] left signing the sale agreement between the Government and the new owners, a consortium comprising of Grace,…
Vandalism of telephone cables in New Kingston
"Photograph shows the damaged cables in New Kingston."
Vandalism of cables at Mary Browns corner, Constant Spring
"Although there has been mild success in the campaign against vandalism of public telephones, the incidence still continues in some areas. Photo shows the telephone at Mary Browns Corner, Constant Spring, where the handset was removed over the…
Tags: Telephone; Telephone cables; Vandalism
Vandalism of cables
Percival James "PJ" Patterson and others visit a telephone booth that had telephone cables vandalised.
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Orange Park, St. Thomas

The main house of the Orange Park coffee plantation in Yallahs, St. Thomas which eventually became home to the late Professor Basil Barrington Watson.