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Black River Post Office, St. Elizabeth

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The postal agency in Black River, St. Elizabeth.

Bobo Hill in Bull Bay, St. Andrew

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Three Rastafarian men sit in the office at Bobo Hill while a Rastafarian woman addresses visitors from the National Library of Jamaica. The small space is adorned with images and other items relating to the Rastafarian faith.

Bog Walk Railway Station

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Photograph of the railway station in Bog Walk that was constructed around 1895.

Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder on Worthy Park Estate

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The weather instrument used on the Worthy Park Sugar Estate to record and measure sunshine.

Cane crusher at Golden Grove Sugar Factory in St. Thomas

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A heavy duty cane crusher at the Golden Grove Sugar Factory in St. Thomas. The sugar company was started in 1924 and since 2015, Seprod Group of Companies became responsible for sale and distribution of sugar produced at the factory.

Banana Tree at Castleton Gardens

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Ornamental bananas, originally brought to Jamaica from Tropical Asia, at the Castleton Gardens in St. Mary, Jamaica.

George William Gordon House

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Gordon House, the official meeting place of the Jamaican Government, located at the intersection of Duke and Beeston Streets in Kingston.

Jamaica National Heritage Trust (Headquarters House)

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The building known as Hibbert or Headquarters House on Duke Street, Kingston, which now houses the head office of the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Headquarters House was built in 1755 by English merchant, Thomas Hibbert.

Pinnacle, St. Catherine

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Ruins of Leonard Howell's great house located at Pinnacle in the hills of St. Catherine. The Rastafarian community at Pinnacle was started by Leonard Howell, "the first rasta" and founder of Rastafarianism.

Balm Yard at Pinnacle

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View of the Pinnacle Balm Yard. The structure is made of bamboo and has a thatched roof made of banana leaves. Several signs are on the walls of the structure and there is a Rastafarian flag on the roof.