Browse Items (10102 total)

"XXVII"

d_0007854_xxvii.jpg
People, dressed in formal attire, gather outside a two-storey dwelling for an event.

Unveiling of the cenotaph, Church Street, 1923

d_0007848_unveiling_cenotaph_church_st_1923_1.jpg
Scores of citizens and military personnel gather for the official ceremony for the unveiling of the World War Cenotaph on Church Street in Downtown, Kingston, held on Armistice Day on November 11, 1923. It was erected for Jamaican men who lost their…

Trinidad from the Gulf of Paria

d_0007847_trinidad_from_gulf_paria.jpg
A view of the landscape and buildings in a town in Trinidad, as seen from the Gulf of Paria. Boats, varying in size, are at sea.

Jamaica Court interior

d_0007844_jamaica_court_interior.jpg
Jamaican canes/walking sticks, hats, pimento wood, photographs and postcards on display.

The West India flower girl

d_0007843_west_indian_flower_girl.jpg
A West Indian woman, wearing a checkered shawl and headwrap, holds out a dish with flowers towards two women. The woman wearing a broad rimmed hat has taken one of the flowers to smell. A boy, seated at the entrance of a nearby building, is watching…

The West Indian Court, Crystal Palace Colonial Exhibition, 1905

d_0007842_west_indian_court_crystal_palace_colonial_exhibition_1905.jpg
Jamaican exhibition at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace in the summer of 1905.

The Up Park Camp, Kingston, Ja.

d_0007841_up_park_camp_kingston_ja.jpg
Aerial view of the barracks, quarters and other buildings on the Up Park Camp grounds in Kingston, with a view of Long Mountain, Port Royal Mountains and St. Catherine's Peak.