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A scene from 'The Sudden Guest'

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"A hilarious scene from "The Sudden Guest": the Caribbean Thespians Jamaican Comedy with L to R: Lorna Townsend, Lola Hamilton, Bobby Smith, Luela Whyte. Two performances only at Excelsior High School, Saturday the 20th at 8 p.m. and Sunday the 21st…

Victor Martin greets Valery and Galina Panov

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"Victor Martin (left), Head Linkman at the Royal Opera House...greets Valery and Galina Panov on their arrival to see the Stuttgart Ballet, August 3rd.)

Michael Binns, Lois Requa, Victor Brown, Denise Francis and Margaret Ranglin

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"Michael Binns, Lois Requa, Victor Brown, Denise Francis and Margaret Ranglin. Members of the Workshop of the Jamaica School of Dance in Folkform, which forms part of the concert performance."

Tower at Fair Prospect in Portland

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"This is a tower at Fair Prospect in Portland built by slaves during the days when our colonial masters kept them to work on plantations in all parts of the island. Reputed to be over 300 years old, this one was used by the slave master to check on…

Mother Lou's craft

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"Mother Lou's craft: hand-made and open wood fired clay pots and jars. JTB art and craft display Los Angeles, California March 3-9."

Iron Bridge at Spanish Town by James Hakewill

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James Hakewill's drawing of the Iron Bridge spanning the Rio Cobre River in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica.

Gordon Hall and Holy Trinity Church

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Postcard of the Holy Trinity Church and Gordon Hall on Sutton Street, Kingston, after the great Kingston earthquake on January 4, 1907. Persons are loitering about the street from which bricks and wood from the wreckages have been moved onto the…

Thomas M. Russell, Esqr.

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Thomas M. Russell Esqr., Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron.

Kingston, Jamaica, after the earthquake, January 14th, 1907 - Wood buildings versus brick

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Earthquake effects on buildings made of brick and of wood, along a street in Kingston, Jamaica. Debris from fallen buildings have been pushed to the sidewalk making way for the railway lines for tramcars.