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Jackie Willacy (centre), bandmaster conducts the Alpha Boys School band

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Mr. Jackie Willacy stands in the centre of a circle consisting of members of the Alpha schools community, while conducting the Alpha Boys School musical band. The boys are playing different wind instruments and are using musical scores.

Iter Boreale Great House

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A man stands among trees in the front yard of the Iter Boreale Great House in St. Mary.

Inside of a second class passenger diesel rail car

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Bench seats reserved for second-class passengers on a diesel train.

Indian indentured labourers at worship, 1905

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A group of Indians pause to take a photograph while celebrating the Hussay (also Hosay) ritual. Behind them is the 'temple' used in their worship ceremony.

Hyatt, Charles

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Candid photograph of Jamaican actor, author and playwright, Charles Hyatt, with a beverage in hand.

Huts near Bushy Park

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A family of Indian descent in Bushy Park, St. Catherine, stands outside their wattle and daub hut with thatched roof.

Earthquake shattered store room at the University College of the West Indies

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Complete destruction of a store-room at the University of the West Indies by the 1907 earthquake.

Diesel electric locomotive

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A diesel electric train on the railway tracks.