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Goschen Racecourse, St. Elizabeth

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A herd of cattle grazing on the Goschen Racecourse, St. Elizabeth. On the property are several large trees with a vast mountain in the background.

On the Road to Newcastle

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Image showing waterfalls cascading through mountains, on the way to Newcastle, St. Andrew

Porus, Jamaica

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Four men are in conversation in the middle of the road in Porus, Manchester. Wooden buildings are on both sides of the road, a horse-drawn carriage is parked along the dirt road.

Workers threshing grain in Clarendon rice field

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Workers threshing grain in Clarendon rice field [date unknown]

East Indians preparing rice, Jamaica

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Photograph of East Indian indentured labourers in rice fields from the Valdez collection, circa 1890 . [Original title on photograph is: Coolies preparing rice - Jamaica]

Indian girls preparing rice

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Photograph of two girls of East Indian descent preparing rice for cooking.

The Jamaican Railway Corporation engine 54, on its last run entering May Pen, Clarendon, 1968

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Engine 54, puffing large clouds of smoke, makes it way on its last run through May Pen, Clarendon - January 13, 1968.

Hanover Parish Church, Lucea, Hanover

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A view of the Hanover Parish Church. The Church was built in the year 1725 - two years after the parish of Hanover came in to being in the year 1723. Jamaica Archives' records reveal that the Church had its first baptism in 1725, first burial in…

Jamaica Brahman, Hanover, Jamaica

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Photograph of cattle, Jamaica Brahman. Hanover makes a sizable contribution to livestock and dairy farming in Jamaica. Eastern Hanover is the principle livestock rearing area. The town of Shettlewood is one of the better known cattle rearing areas.…

Sir Alexander Bustamante showing his party sign

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Sir Alexander Bustamante, founder of the Jamaica Labour party and Jamaica's first Prime Minister after independence in 1962, showing his party sign.