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Jamaica's 4x400m relay team is seen with other countries in a relay competition at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. The photograph shoes the Jamaican team doing a baton exchange. Other countries are seen doing same. The Jamaican team…

Print depicting Rose Hall in St. James. A woman is seen walking through the gates of Rose Hall. On the outside of the building, two men are riding horses. This house was owned by the infamous Annie Palmer. Rose Hall has fascinated local generations…

This is a print of a waterfall between rocks on a hill. The water falls into a river. Flowers and trees are also depicted. A woman carries a basket on her head while another is seen pulling two donkeys.

The image shows the Jamaican team to the Olympic games held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. The team comprises four ladies and seven men. Some of the men in the photograph were on the record breaking 4x400 m relay team such as: Arthur Wint, Herb…

James MacFayden was a Scottish doctor and botanist who made a significant contribution to the scientific study of plants of the Caribbean region. While treating patients during one of the periodic epidemic of cholera, he himself contracted the…

Lady Juliana Dawkins (1735-1821) the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Portmore married Henry Dawkins in 1759. George Hay Dawkins-Pennant was her second son.

The photograph shows a section of Harbour Street in Kingston, Jamaica, which has been devastated by the earthquake of 1907. Damaged utility poles, streets and buildings can also be seen in the photograph.

Black and white photograph of a naval dockyard where either commissioned ships are based or where ships are overhauled and refitted.

The image shows a hut in the bushes. It is nestled among trees and bushes on a hill.

Gordon Town is a settlement in Jamaica situated in the parish of St. Andrew. Horses can be seen in the photograph.