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Jamaican Coat of Arms, 1957
The Jamaican Coat of Arms showing male and female Tainos standing on either side of a shield which has a cross with 5 pineapples and a crocodile mounted on a Royal Helmet of the British Monoarchy.
Jamaican Christmas cards display
"One of four display boards with an array of Jamaican Christmas cards. Some very traditional and others very 'Jamaican'."
Jamaican Athletes Una Morris and Lennox Miller in action
Jamaican track and field athletes Una Morris and Lennox Miller racing to the finish line in their respective races.
Jamaican athletes Una Morris and Lennox Miller
Side by side shots of Jamaican track and field athletes, Una Morris and Lennox Miller, as they complete their respective races.
Jamaican 4x400m team
George Rhoden, Arthur Wint, Herb Mckenley and Les Laing are captured running together in their atletics jersies with 'Jamaica' written on the fronts. They all took part in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, and won the 4x400m relay in…
Jamaica's team to Helsinki Games 1952
A group of men and women who represented Jamaica at the 1952 Olympic Games poses for a photograph. All are wearing blazers with Britian's flag engraved on the right sides. Their berets are similarly adorned. The women wear pleated skirts. The team…
Jamaica's Poet Laureate, Lorna Goodison
Lorna Goodison, Jamaica's second Poet Laureate since Independence, giving an address at theWorld Poetry Day Celebration and Award Ceremony hosted by the National Library of Jamaica.
Jamaica's participants in the 1952 Olympics, Helsinki, Finland.
The image shows the Jamaican team to the Olympic games held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952. The team comprises four ladies and seven men. Some of the men in the photograph were on the record breaking 4x400 m relay team such as: Arthur Wint, Herb…
