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Swift Purcell Home for Boys - Highgate

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View of the Swift Purcell Home for orphaned boys, located in Highgate, St. Mary and established in the early 1900s by Mama Swift and Mr. A. Purcell of the Quakers/Society of Friends.

Tags: Child care services - Jamaica; Children - Institutional care - Jamaica; Group homes for children - Jamaica; Highgate (St. Mary, Jamaica); Orphanages - Jamaica; St. Mary (Jamaica)

Trade Centre, Swift Purcell Home for Boys - Highgate, St. Mary

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One of the buildings located on the Swift Purcell Home for Boys in Highgate, St. Mary.

Tags: Child care services - Jamaica; Children - Institutional care - Jamaica; Group homes for children - Jamaica; Highgate (St. Mary, Jamaica); Orphanages - Jamaica; St. Mary (Jamaica)

Recreation Centre Swift-Purcell Home for Boys, Highgate, St. Mary

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View of a section of the Swift-Purcell Boys' Home located in Highgate, St. Mary.

Tags: Child care services - Jamaica; Children - Institutional care - Jamaica; Group homes for children - Jamaica; Highgate (St. Mary, Jamaica); Orphanages - Jamaica; St. Mary (Jamaica)

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Private residence and surroundings

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Front view of a large two-storey Georgian style dwelling.

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