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Cane cutters (men and women) take a break from their task to relax and eat pieces of sugarcane. Some are sitting on the ground while others are standing around. A white overseer is supervising the workers.

Title page of Adolphe Duperly's "Daguerian Excursions in Jamaica" written around 1850.

A view of Montego Bay showing buildings, vegetation, the coastline, the waterfront, boats in the bay.

"IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF BEAUTY: These bright-looking children, flanked by beautiful paintings, are already having their share of the Good Life. With the sense of beauty being instilled at such early age, these children are more likely to grow into…

"Labour Minister William Isaacs (2nd from right) enjoying a piece of wit from BITU General Secretary, Edith Nelson at the union's offices in Kingston Tuesday. Others (from left) are BITU Island Supervisor Lascelles Beckford, the Labour Ministry's…

Portrait of Augustus Keppel, printed for Robert Sayer in Heetstreet, J. Bowles and Son in Cornhill & Henry Parket and Elizabeth Bakewell in Cornhill.

Two men stand at a section of Hope Botanical Gardens known as "The Orchid Walk".

Houses belonging to workers on the old sugar estate in Golden Grove, St. Thomas.

A view of Buff Bay, Portland, looking towards the Caribbean Sea. The Buff Bay Bridge [left] and the roofs of buildings, can also be seen.