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Wag Water River

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The Wag Water River in St. Mary with a view of nearby mountains.

Sir Alexander Bustamante, a portrait ca. 1960's

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Candid portrait of Sir Alexander Bustamante, first Prime Minister of Independent Jamaica.

Sir Alexander Bustamante, Sir Donald Sangster and Lady Bustamante at King's House function after independence

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Prime Minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante in conversation with his wife, Lady Bustamante and then Minister of Finance, Donald Sangster at an Independence Day function.

The Rozelle Falls on the road to Morant Bay, B.W.I.

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A woman catches water from the small waterfall in St. Thomas known as Rozelle (or Roselle) Falls.

Slave cell at 'Geddes', St. Ann

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"Two holes at back for coons to be thrust through and chained to a bard embedded in the masonry."

Reform School - Stony Hill

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Children on the lawns of the Government Reformatory in Stony Hill, St. Andrew. The school was for built poor, orphaned and troubled children.

No. 5 Wellington Street

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Two-storey house along Wellington Street in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

House with notice below - Cologne

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A block of apartments in Cologne, Germany, one of which has the words "Weinhaus zum Rheingold - Eduard Fasbender" written on it.

Advertisement for Jamaica banana

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Bananas from Jamaica being advertised in Cologne in Germany.

John Pringle, Director of Tourism

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Jamaica's first Director of Tourism, John Pringle, who served between 1963 and 1967. He also founded the Round Hill Hotel in Montego Bay, Jamaica.