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Airport Road (Palisadoes)

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Road construction taking place on the Palisadoes strip. The large boulders are being stacked to prevent further road damage by limiting the amount of sea water getting onto the road.

Air Jamaica Building

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View of the Air Jamaica, Bank of Jamaica and other buildings as seen from the roof of the National Library of Jamaica at 12 East Street, Kingston.

Exhibition building, Kingston 1891

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A view of the glass and wooden hall which housed the Great Exhibition of 1891 in Kingston, Jamaica.

Sunday morning - Up Park Camp

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Women and girls walking past dwellings near Up-Park Camp on a Sunday morning. Two men, one attired in military uniform, are in the foreground.

Jamaica Exhibition Building, 1891

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Black and white photograph of the Jamaica Exhibition Building which was erected in 1891

General Penitentiary overthrown

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A damaged door and overthrown soft bricks in piles on the ground, at the eastward side of the General Penitentiary, a penal institution in Kingston, Jamaica

Frame house

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Frame house remains standing and undamaged after earthquake. Slightly damaged concrete fence.

Fault, Palisadoes

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Sandblows and surface faulting to a section of Palisadoes lined with cacti and shrubs. An umbrella is sticking out in the sand.