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  • Tags: Bustamante, Alexander, - 1884-1977

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.

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.

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.

Sir Alexander Bustamante making a point at Ja. Constitution Conference, London, 1962

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Jamaica's first prime minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante, speaking at the 1962 Jamaica Constitution Conference in London. In the background to the left are Jamaican politicians, Donald Sangster [left] and Robert Lightbourne.

Sir Alexander Bustamante receives honorary degree from the U.W.I.

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Private ceremony for the presentation of an Honorary Degree to Sir Alexander Bustamante held at Jamaica House. In attendance are dignitaries such as the Hon. Eric Williams and Her Royal Highness Princess Alice - University of the West Indies' first…