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Miss New World, wears her sash and sits with her legs crossed, during a beauty contest.

Beauty finalists in 1973 contest at Governor General Florizel Glasspole's residence.

Contestants numbers 16, 14, 12, 10 and 8 on stage during beauty contest.

"Contestants this year for the Miss Westmoreland title, continued their round of social engagements on June 23, with an appearance at a bathing suit parade at the Frome Sports Club, near Savanna-La-Mar. The contestants won warm applause from the…

"Business time: Elaine Peters [left] and Winnifred McGregor tending to customers inside their beauty salon at 54b Brentford Road."

"The intersection of Beckford Street and Princess Street in downtown Kingston. Old car parts, bed springs and other articles form the 'back-drop' of a pool of filth on Beckford Street and the pungent stream of water runs from the manhole at the…

Print of Ballard Beckford, proprietor of the Whitehall and Frontier estates. He was also the eldest son of Thomas Beckford and was appointed the first Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons in Jamaica in 1742. In the portrait, Ballard is seated on a…

Barbara Beckford, former hockey player from Wolmer's High School for Girls.

Enslaved Africans with their feet clamped between a bed-stock as punishment for being intoxicated.