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  • Tags: Bustamante, Alexander, - 1884-1977

W.A. Bustamante on the steps of a house

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Alexander Bustamante and four men standing on the porch of a wooden house.

View of royal box, National Stadium, on the night of August 6

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Princess Margaret and her entourage, Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley and other dignitaries in the royal box at the National Stadium for the occasion of handing over independence to Jamaica from the colonial power of Britain on August 6, 1962.

Alexander Bustamante breaking ground for new JBC building in 1963

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Sir Alexander Bustamante using a pickaxe at the ground breaking for the new Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation building in 1963. He is being cheered on by Edward Seaga and others.

HRH Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh visit former P.M. Alexander at home

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Sir Alexander Bustamante, former prime minister of Jamaica, having a conversation with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at his residence.

Sir Alexander Bustamante receiving honorary degree LLD from U.W.I. Chancellor Princess Alice at Jamaica House

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Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, University of the West Indies' first Chancellor, presenting Sir Alexander Bustamante with an honorary degree. Looking on is his wife, Lady Bustamante.

Sir Alexander Bustamante watches as Lady B pins independence medal on U.S. Ambassador, William C. Doherty

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United States Ambassador to Jamaica, William C. Doherty, receiving a Jamaica independence medal from Gladys ''Lady B'' Bustamante. Sir Alexander Bustamante and Sir Donald Sangster among others, are in the background.