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Donald Sangster
Donald Sangster wearing eyeglasses sits at a table and writes in a large book. A pen holder with a pen is on the table. Sangster entered politics in 1933 at the age of 21 in a local parish election in St. Elizabeth.
Una Marson
Photograph of Una Marson, Jamaican authors and feminist, sitting at a table with an opened book, legs crossed, left hand resting on left thigh. She is wearing a single strand of necklace
Maroons from Accompong, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
Image showing two unnamed Maroons from Accompong, St. Elizabeth.
Watson's Hill
Roadway through Watson's Hill, St. Elizabeth. A car can be seen on the narrow road. Watson's Hill in St. Elizabeth is one of few remaining Taino (Arawak) sites on the island of Jamaica, although the Taino presence is stronger in parishes such as St.…
Kenneth Ingram
Portrait of Kenneth Ingram, taken while he was a librarian at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston.
Pimento pickers, St. Ann, Jamaica
Photograph of a man, woman and child picking pimento in a pimento field. St. Ann is one of the major pimento producing parishes in Jamaica.
Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock
This is a portrait of Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock. He was born in Portland, Jamaica on March 21, 1905. Jamaica's National Pledge was written by Sir Hugh Sherlock. In 1962, he wrote the lyrics of Jamaica, Land We Love, which became Jamaica's National…
Loading banana, Port Antonio
A group of banana carriers walk in tandem, bananas on heads and shoulders as they make their way towards the boat in Port Antonio, Portland. Jamaica was the first country in the world to trade bananas internationally. The banana trade in Portland…
Buff Bay Housing Scheme
A few houses in the Buff Bay Housing Scheme in Portland. Several persons are on the outside sitting on fences.
Opening of Porus Extension, Jamaica Railway Corporation, Manchester, Jamaica
Passengers standing on the platform in front of the station building at the Porus Railway Station in Manchester, Jamaica