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Jamaica, B.W.I.

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Watercolour print taken at a river in Jamaica.

12 3/4" x 9 1/2". water colour.

Jamaica, W. I. Newcastle Barracks

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An aerial view of the New Castle Barracks along the mountainside, where West India Regiment soldiers are stationed.

Jamaica, W.I. types

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Photographic depiction of two Jamaican black women - one dressed in formal attire and the other in clothing typically worn by peasants.

Jamaica: her ancestors were African, German, Welsh, Indian, French & Costa Rican

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Advertisement with an image of a mixed-race woman with the words: "Her ancestors were African, German, Welsh, Indian, French and Costa Rican. She's pure Jamaican." The advertisement speaks to Jamaica's motto 'Out of Many, One People.'

Jamaica: her flowers are fresh, the morning is beautiful

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Vintage Jamaica Tourist Board poster with an image of a Jamaican "flowers lady" smiling broadly and holding a bouquet of flowers.

Jamaica: in a land where you find a dessert called matrimony

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Advertisement with images of different couples on vacation in Jamaica.

Jamaica: nanny service, we have a way with children

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A local woman is captured holding an infant in a Jamaica Tourist Board poster advertising its nanny service available to tourists.

Jamaica: The Dome

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A poster with an image of the Dome - a room above a stream known as 'The Creek' in Manteca Bahia in which the 'Keeper of the Creek' lived.

Jamaica: watching Dorothy McNab dyeing her fabrics

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Jamaica Tourist Board poster showing renowned fashion designer in the 1950s and 60s, Dorthy McNab, dyeing fabrics.