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A Visitor examining one of the guns at the now ruined Fort Charles (Port Royal)

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A visitor examining a gun at the Fort Charles Ruins, Port Royal.

A visitor examining one of the guns at the now ruined Fort Charles Port Royal

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A female visitor examining a gun at Fort Charles ruins in Port Royal.

A wayside store

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Men, women and children with food baskets assemble by a wayside store. The store is made of wood and has a shingles roof.

A West India sportsman: Make haste with the Sangaree, Quashie, and tell Quaco to drive the birds up to me - I'm ready

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The English sportsman sits in a chair with his feet supported on a stool, gun in hand. He wears a hat with an enormous brim. A black male servant stands behind him (right) holding up an umbrella and a branch to beat off flies. A black boy approaches…

A West Indiaman in a storm

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A West Indiaman in a storm, from an original picture in the possession of Mr. C.W. Carrington, painted by J. Vernet, engraved by W. Carlos. London, Thos. McLean, 1834.

11" x 14 1/2". Mezzotint.

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A wholesale and retail store, known all over Jamaica as McNish Ltd.

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The ruined wholesale and retail store, McNish Ltd., after the 1907 earthquake.

A woman carrying water or milk on her head

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A woman walking along the road in a rural area while balancing a metal container on her head and carrying another one in her hand.

A woman to be remembered

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Portrait of an African woman wearing a head-tie, sitting in a pensive mood, with hand under her chin.

A worker in the Cold Room is introduced to His Excellency

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A worker in the Cold Room at Red Stripe Brewery is introduced to Sir Clifford Campbell, Jamaica's Governor General.