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Gleaner Company Limited North Street c. 1969

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Photograph shows the exterior of the Gleaner Company Limited, located on 7 North Street, Kingston, Jamaica. The Gleaner company is a Jamaican newspaper company. It commenced publication in 1834 and was founded by two brothers Jacob and Joshua…

H. I. Henriques Real Estate

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The image shows the H. I. Henriques Real Estate Limited building on Old Hope Road Kingston, Jamaica. Is is a four story building. Two cars are parked on the outside of the building.

British-American building Knutsford Blvd., New Kingston

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This picture shows the British-American building. It is a multi-level building bearing the company's name on the front and side. Vehicles are parked in spaces outside of the building. Trees and flowers can also be seen as well. A policeman on a…

Harbour View Shopping Centre

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Photograph shows a section of the Harbour View Shopping Centre under construction. Workmen are seen on the outside of the plaza.

Manor Park Plaza

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Photograph shows a large frontal section of the Manor Park Plaza in Constant Spring Jamaica. Cars can be seen on the outside of the plaza. This plaza is considerd the 'big sister' to the Upper Manor Park Plaza with approximately 21 stores.

A. Wesley Powell

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Portrait of Dr. Aston Wesley Powell, former principal of Excelsior Community College. He founded the EXED group of schools in January 1931.

Prof. Rex Nettleford

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Photograph of Rex Nettleford in a Calicashirt. He was a Jamaican scholar, social critic, choreographer, and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), the leading research University in the Commonwealth Caribbean.

Mr. D.T.M Girvan General Manager of Jamaica Welfare (1943) Ltd.

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Portrait of David Thom McWhinney Girvan, popularly known as D.T.M Girvan, General Manager of Jamaica Welfare (1943) Ltd., dressed in suit and tie. He is smiling and looking straight into the camera. Mr. Girvan was an economist. He was born in 1904…

Osmond Fairclough

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Portrait of Osmond Flairclough. He was instrumental in forming the People's National Party (PNP) in September 1938. He was a banker before starting the newspaper called The Public Opinion.

Mrs. Leila James Tomlinson

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This is a picture of a smiling Leila James Tomlinson sitting at a wooden table in a long floral dress. She is a university-educated Jamaican woman and the first Jamaican woman to win a scholarship to study overseas in the UK. A man is aslo seen…