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Porus Railway Station

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Passengers and villagers await the train as it pulls into Porus Railway Station. Workmen are repairing a section of the railroad.

Opening of Porus Extension, Jamaica Railway Corporation, Manchester, Jamaica

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Passengers standing on the platform in front of the station building at the Porus Railway Station in Manchester, Jamaica

Buff Bay Housing Scheme

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A few houses in the Buff Bay Housing Scheme in Portland. Several persons are on the outside sitting on fences.

Loading banana, Port Antonio

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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…

Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock

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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…

Cascade of White River

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Print of White River, St. Ann. This river, for its entire length, forms the boundary between the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary. It is the only long river in St. Ann since all the others rise a short distance from the coast. The river once…

Pimento pickers, St. Ann, Jamaica

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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.

Kenneth Ingram

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Portrait of Kenneth Ingram, taken while he was a librarian at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston.

Watson's Hill

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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.…

Maroons from Accompong, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

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Image showing two unnamed Maroons from Accompong, St. Elizabeth.