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Michael Manley briefs Jamaican Press, Caracas Venezuela, April 1975

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Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica briefs the press in Caracas, Venezuela, April 1975.

Burrows Printery

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Exterior view of the building housing Burrows Printery.

UNIA officials marching to their seats at Holy Trinity Cathedral

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United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) officials marching to their seats at the Holy Trinity Cathedral while the congregation stands.

Member of the Rastafarian Cult

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Half portrait of a Rastafarian man.

A Jamaican Market Woman

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Profile of a Jamaican market woman wearing a bandana headscarf, a string of beads and carrying a basket with intricate patterns on her head.

Female slaves chat in the customs street in town

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Enslaved African women socialise with each other on the street of a British colony.

Going to Market, Jamaica

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Women with laden baskets atop their heads, and a donkey with laden hampers are on their way to the market in a rural area.

HRH Princess Margaret reading the Queen's Message

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Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret reads the Queen's message as diplomats and government officials listen at the Occasion of Jamaica's independence, 1962.

The Vickers Viking, a 24 seat aircraft which BWIA used from 1949-1957

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Photograph of the Vickers Viking - a 24 seater aircraft used by British West Indies Airways from 1949-1957, on the runway.

The 'fremantle' plane which inaugurated the Air Pan- American Service

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A fremantle airplane which inaugurated the Pan - American Air Service lands in the sea next to a ship.