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The Governor, Sir Edward Stubbs, handing Captain Holland the 1st Airmail bag for Santiago de Cuba on Dec 10, 1930

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Sir Edward Stubbs, Governor, hands Captin Holland the first airmail bag for Santiago de Cuba on Dec. 10, 1930.

The plane that carried the first air mail from Jamaica

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Officials gather to witness the departure of the airplane that carried the first batch of air mails from Jamaica.

Telegraph linesmen at work

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Linesmen installing telegraph lines near the shoreline. A ship is docked at the pier.

Surface mail leaves the wharf

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Men at the wharf loading bags of surface mail on to a cart under the watchful eye of a supervisor.

View of King Street

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View of a section of King Street, Kingston showing commercial buildings with the British Flags atop, lining the street. A sign advertising millinery by R. Hanna
Sons is hanging from a store front.

Bananas and Coconuts, Morant Bay

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A banana and coconut plantation spanning both sides of a flooded road in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

Munro College dining room and classrooms

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A photograph of Munro College showing the section housing the classrooms and dining room and also part of driveway.

Delegates to Liberia from the U.N.I.A. 1924, with liberian chief government representative

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U.N.I.A. delegates who travel to Liberia in 1924, pose with Liberian chief government representative and other Liberians.

Munroe College

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Students of Munroe College gather in the school yard in front of the school.

Abolition of Slavery

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Enslaved Africans gather in the Spanish Town Square to hear the Governor, Sir Lionel Smith proclaim the abolition of slavery from the steps of Old Kings House on August 1, 1938.