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Cutting bananas on a small holding at Bexon

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A man carries a bunch of bananas on his head while another uses a machete to chop a banana plant to get another bunch of bananas.

A negro Wedding near Content College, St. Andrew, Jamaica

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Attendees at a negro wedding gather for a group portrait.

Eight women in a canefield

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Eight Black women dressed in long dresses and head-ties standing in a canefield - some of them holding what seem like hoes.

Nature provides lunch in the Canefields

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Cane cutters (men and women) take a break from their task to relax and eat pieces of sugarcane. Some are sitting on the ground while others are standing around. A white overseer is supervising the workers.

Taking home bridal cakes

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A group of ten or more Black women dressed in white dresses and white shoes walking across a lawn with wedding cakes on their heads. Buildings and vegetation are in the background.

Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari: Opening of Harambee Theatre

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Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari performing at the opening of the Harambee Theatre

Funeral of Archbishop Nuttall

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Persons line the streets and others follow in horse-drawn carriages as the funeral procession of Archbishop Enos Nuttall, Archbishop of Jamaica travels along the street.

King's House, St. Andrew

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An artist's impression of Kings House, the Governor's residence at St. Andrew, Jamaica, surrounded by vegetation.

10" x 13 1/4". Watercolour painting.

Falmouth Prison and Poor House

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Falmouth prison and poor house next to each other on a large expanse of land.

Dr. Cicely Williams

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A bespectacled Dr. Cicely Williams sitting with an opened book in her hand.