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Miss Rutty, the poets mother
Photograph of Miss Rutty sitting in a rocking chair.
Tags: Rocking chairs; Women
Off to the jail
Two female vendors on their donkeys, being taken into custody by a policeman.
Street vendors
Women street vendors selling produce along the side of the road. Some have found shelter under their umbrellas, trees and broad rimmed hats. A police officer is standing nearby.
Tags: Food vendors; Hats; Police - Jamaica; Umbrellas; Women
The West India flower girl
A West Indian woman, wearing a checkered shawl and headwrap, holds out a dish with flowers towards two women. The woman wearing a broad rimmed hat has taken one of the flowers to smell. A boy, seated at the entrance of a nearby building, is watching…
Tags: Flowers; Headgear; West Indians; Women; Women's clothing
Ivy Baxter addressing group
Ivy Baxter, Jamaican dance pioneer, addressing a group of women.
Home sweet home, Jamaica
Mother and child sitting outside their hut. It is made of wattle and daub walls and thatched roof and has a thatched roof.
Bellevue Hospital sleeping woman
"Sleep of the mad…This woman is caught sleeping in the walkway. Her pants have been destroyed and there is no replacement."
Yvette Hussey
"Yvette Hussey in her role as make up artist, doing a job on Calvin Lockhart."
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Rozelle Falls, St. Thomas

A small stream of water coming from Rozelle Falls, near the town of Morant Bay, St. Thomas.