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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.

Jamaica: you haven't heard Jamaica until you've heard Jamaica's marimba box

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A Jamaica Tourist Board poster with the words "You haven't heard Jamaica until you've heard Jamaica's marimba box. It's like a bass fiddle. Only we sit on it" and an image of a man playing the marimba.

Jamaica's 1st woman Ambassador Carmen Parris

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"Jamaica's first woman ambassador Carmen Parris seen as she met Prime Minister Michael Manley yesterday to bid farewell. Miss Parris was designated by the prime minister who is also Minister of External Affairs to represent her country in France. She…