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"These sixteen: The finalists in yesterday's Kingston and St. Andrew leg of the Miss Jamaica 1974 Beauty Contest (left to right): Pauline Mataleen, Toni Heffes, Myrna Williams, Madge Holman, Dorna Brown, Yvonne Grant, Lenore Atkins, Andrea Lyon,…

"Finding out first hand - some of the members of the St. Andrew Civic Committee listen to Police Superintendent Reggie Cole (left) as he outlined several features of the dormitory at the Half Way Tree station during a recent fact-finding tour by the…

Herb McKenley of Jamaica coming in 4th in the 100 yds dash at the Randall Island Stadium in New York on May 31, 1943.

George Kerr sprinting across the finish line to win the 800 metre race at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.

Workers working to complete the dam across the Rio Cobre River in St. Catherine, Jamaica

"Remains of the gutted garment manufacturing establishment at 15 Belmont Road, Kingston."

Destroyed buildings and piles of rubble in Kingston after fire and earthquake in 1907.

A residential property that has been completely destroyed by fire.

"Fire of unknown origin gutted this building owned by the United Fruit Company (Ja.). Ltd. at Bowden Hill in St. Thomas last Monday. The occupants, Yallahs Secondary School bursar Louis Robinson and his wife Rose, who is in charge of the Morant Bay…

An entertainer performing a stunt with two sticks of fire, where she attempts to "swallow" the fire.