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Black Mafia

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"Black Mafia's version of "Crash Program me". The St. Ann group was one of the award winners in the recent Festival dance competition."

Gerald Burton

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"Racing Pools representative Mr. Gerald Burton (left) presents Mr. G.H. Harvey of Bethel Town, Westmoreland, with his June Bonanza (Racing Pools) prize of a toaster."

Gerald Burton

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"Bonanza winners thrilled with their prizes: Racing Pools June Bonanza winners Mr. G.H. Harvey and Mrs. I.L. Cunningham were thrilled with the prizes presented to them at the Racing Promotions Limited Head Office on Friday, June 8. They were two of…

Discover Jamaica...discover me

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Poster by the Jamaica Tourist Board with a close-up of a young woman's face and a hibiscus flower.

Jamaica: you haven't heard Jamaica until you've heard Jamaica's marimba box

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A Jamaica Tourist Board poster with the words "You haven't heard Jamaica until you've heard Jamaica's marimba box. It's like a bass fiddle. Only we sit on it" and an image of a man playing the marimba.

Jamaica: nanny service, we have a way with children

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A local woman is captured holding an infant in a Jamaica Tourist Board poster advertising its nanny service available to tourists.

Jamaica: watching Dorothy McNab dyeing her fabrics

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Jamaica Tourist Board poster showing renowned fashion designer in the 1950s and 60s, Dorthy McNab, dyeing fabrics.

Jamaica: her ancestors were African, German, Welsh, Indian, French & Costa Rican

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Advertisement with an image of a mixed-race woman with the words: "Her ancestors were African, German, Welsh, Indian, French and Costa Rican. She's pure Jamaican." The advertisement speaks to Jamaica's motto 'Out of Many, One People.'

Jamaica: her flowers are fresh, the morning is beautiful

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Vintage Jamaica Tourist Board poster with an image of a Jamaican "flowers lady" smiling broadly and holding a bouquet of flowers.