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The Jamaican Railway Corporation engine 54, on its last run entering May Pen, Clarendon, 1968

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Engine 54, puffing large clouds of smoke, makes it way on its last run through May Pen, Clarendon - January 13, 1968.

Hanover Parish Church, Lucea, Hanover

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A view of the Hanover Parish Church. The Church was built in the year 1725 - two years after the parish of Hanover came in to being in the year 1723. Jamaica Archives' records reveal that the Church had its first baptism in 1725, first burial in…

Jamaica Brahman, Hanover, Jamaica

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Photograph of cattle, Jamaica Brahman. Hanover makes a sizable contribution to livestock and dairy farming in Jamaica. Eastern Hanover is the principle livestock rearing area. The town of Shettlewood is one of the better known cattle rearing areas.…

Sir Alexander Bustamante showing his party sign

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Sir Alexander Bustamante, founder of the Jamaica Labour party and Jamaica's first Prime Minister after independence in 1962, showing his party sign.

Roadway, Cane River, St. Andrew, Jamaica

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Image showing roadway through the Cane River, St. Andrew. Two men are seen by the roadway. Cane River enters the sea on the Kingston/ St. Thomas highway and is formed from rivers such as the Barbecue River that drain the area between Dallas Mountain…

Joseph Robert Love, M.D.

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Photograph of Joseph Robert Love, M.D. popularly known as Robert Love.

Middleton Coffee Plantation, St. Andrew, Jamaica

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Middleton Coffee Plantation near Gordon Town, St. Andrew, 1870.

George Steibel

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George Steibel - Jamaica's first black millionaire