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Pimento pickers, St. Ann, Jamaica

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Photograph of a man, woman and child picking pimento in a pimento field. St. Ann is one of the major pimento producing parishes in Jamaica.

Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock

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This is a portrait of Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock. He was born in Portland, Jamaica on March 21, 1905. Jamaica's National Pledge was written by Sir Hugh Sherlock. In 1962, he wrote the lyrics of Jamaica, Land We Love, which became Jamaica's National…

Loading banana, Port Antonio

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A group of banana carriers walk in tandem, bananas on heads and shoulders as they make their way towards the boat in Port Antonio, Portland. Jamaica was the first country in the world to trade bananas internationally. The banana trade in Portland…

Buff Bay Housing Scheme

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A few houses in the Buff Bay Housing Scheme in Portland. Several persons are on the outside sitting on fences.

Opening of Porus Extension, Jamaica Railway Corporation, Manchester, Jamaica

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Passengers standing on the platform in front of the station building at the Porus Railway Station in Manchester, Jamaica

Porus Railway Station

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Passengers and villagers await the train as it pulls into Porus Railway Station. Workmen are repairing a section of the railroad.

Amy Bailey

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Black and white portrait of Amy Bailey

Amy Beckford Bailey

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Portrait of Amy Bailey, Jamaican educator, social worker and women's rights advocate.

On the road to Mandeville, Manchester

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A view of the county from the road to Mandeville in Manchester for which provenance is disputed. This image is among the photographs held in the Valdez Collection

Mizpah Moravian Church

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The Mizpah Church, built in 1866, is a fine example of a Moravian Church building. The Moravian Church, a popular name for The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Unitas Fratrum, or United Brethren, originated in Bohemia in 1457, spreading over time…