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Thomas Wilson, crop agronomist at the Coconut Industry Board

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Crop agronomist at the Coconut Industry Board, Mr. Thomas Wilson (holding coconut tree seedling), addressing a group of persons on a coconut farm.

The Trinity Church in Kingston, Jamaica

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Scene outside the Trinity Church in Kingston, Jamaica during the great Kingston fire of 1843. Some persons are fleeing the scene while others congregate outside the burning church, watching as men try to extinguish the flames.

The Up Park Camp, Kingston, Ja.

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Aerial view of the barracks, quarters and other buildings on the Up Park Camp grounds in Kingston, with a view of Long Mountain, Port Royal Mountains and St. Catherine's Peak.

The West Indian Court, Crystal Palace Colonial Exhibition, 1905

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Jamaican exhibition at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace in the summer of 1905.

The West India flower girl

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A West Indian woman, wearing a checkered shawl and headwrap, holds out a dish with flowers towards two women. The woman wearing a broad rimmed hat has taken one of the flowers to smell. A boy, seated at the entrance of a nearby building, is watching…

Jamaica Court interior

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Jamaican canes/walking sticks, hats, pimento wood, photographs and postcards on display.

Trinidad from the Gulf of Paria

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A view of the landscape and buildings in a town in Trinidad, as seen from the Gulf of Paria. Boats, varying in size, are at sea.

Unveiling of the cenotaph, Church Street, 1923

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Scores of citizens and military personnel gather for the official ceremony for the unveiling of the World War Cenotaph on Church Street in Downtown, Kingston, held on Armistice Day on November 11, 1923. It was erected for Jamaican men who lost their…