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Sir Henry Arthur Blake, G.C.M.G., D.L., J.P.

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A portrait of Sir Henry Arthur Blake, Governor of Jamaica (1889-1897).

Carey Robinson, Head of National Trust Commission an earlier photograph

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A portrait of Mr. Carey Fitz William Robinson, Jamaican journalist, writer, historian and media professional known for his work on ‘Hill an' Gully Ride’.

Harper's weekly (sketches in Newcastle, Jamaica)

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Sketches in Newcastle, St. Andrew of - 'Officers quarters hospital,' 'A victim to Yellow Jack,' 'Market day,' 'Carrying ammunition,' and 'Taking an invalid for embarkation.'

Kingston Race Course

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Large gathering at the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Circle) - a track once used for horse-racing.

George Lord Rodney

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Print of George Lord Rodney, "drawn from life by W.H. Brown, engraved by C. Warren, and published according to Act of Parliament by C. Cooke."

Overturned Leyland truck

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"How lucky can you get? Truck driver Barrington Small (in front of truck) was on his way to the Salt River bulk sugar store Sunday with a load full of 18 tons brown sugar from New Yarmouth and Monymusk, when the steering on his Leyland truck snapped.…

Harbour Street, Kingston

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4" x 6". engraving.

Note on back: This print appears to be King Street, not Harbour Street. Compare with Duperly's "View of Harbour Street."

Accident along Bamboo Avenue in St. Elizabeth

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"Death van: seen in the picture above is the Datsun van which brought death to Austin Lloyd Asher 25, a driver attached to Mutual Life, when it crashed along Bamboo Avenue in Holland, St. Elizabeth on Sunday morning. Also injured were Phillis and…

Rotary receives books from JAMAC

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"Rotary received books from the Jamaica American Medical Assistance Committee [JAMAC]: Rotary President Keble Williams and JAMAC Member Herman Spoerri discuss the supplementary reading material which will be distributed throughout Jamaica by the…