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A scene on a street in Kingston on an Election Day showing pedestrians and carriages moving about.

"Election day in St. Thomas - [At right] long before the polling station at the St. Thomas Parish Council Office opened on Thursday, these voters lined up to wait for the station officials."

"An engineering packing away his electronic equipment in the media facilities section of the Sheraton Hotel yesterday."

This print is relating an Anancy story which is shared at children's parties, homes and receptions. These stories are told in Jamaica and are about birds, fishes, rabbits, tigers as well as spider Anancy and other animals.

A group of mostly African children standing beside a wooden building that is used as a public school for non-white children.

An Indian cacique (Chief) in Cuba gestures in the air as he addresses Christopher Columbus (in hat and cape), while other villagers listen.

A photographic print showing enslaved Africans being tortured by various means in a Jamaica House of Correction.

An iron gibbet, used to punish and torture rebellious slaves to death, on display at the Museum of the Institute of Jamaica.

The picture shows a couple standing beside each other. The lady is wearing a gown while the man is attired in a jacket suit and is holding a hat in his hand.