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The crate bearing Garvey's remains at Palisadoes Airport
Marcus Garvey's family receiving his body at the Palisadoes Airport [now Norman Manley International Airport]. The body was being transported in a wooden crate with a wreath on top.
The dreadful earthquake in Jamaica, 1692
Depiction of the 1692 earthquake that struck Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7th of that year.
The easy way - pretty Jamaican girl floats near Shaw Park Beach Club
A young women lies on a floating device in the sea at the Shaw Park Beach Club.
The Ferry Inn (Spanish Town Road)
Lithograph of a scene off Spanish Town Road, St. Catherine, near Ferry Inn.
The Ferry Inn, on the road to Spanish Town
People on horses riding past the Ferry Inn in St. Catherine. Behind the inn, three black women are doing laundry in the river.
The finishing line at Knutsford Park race track
Spectators, officials, a musical band and jockeys with their horses at the Knutsford Park Race Track (now New Kingston).
The first theatre building known in Kingston, probably erected in the middle of the eighteenth century
Drawing of the first known theatre in Kingston, Jamaica.
The fruit market at St. Vincent
Vendors at a market in St. Vincent attempting to sell pumpkin and other market goods.
The Garvey family in Holy Trinity Cathedral
Amy Jacques Garvey (second bench on left), members of the Garvey family and other persons gather in the Holy Trinity Cathedral for Marcus Garvey's funeral service.
The gradual abolition off the slave trade. Or leaving sugar by degrees
Satirical print of George III with the Queen, two of his daughters, and the Queen's Keeper of the Robes, sitting at a table and discussing their use of sugar as the abolition of the slave trade was ending.
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Sir Alexander and Lady Bustamante are introduced to Haile Selassie
Prime Minister, Sir Alexander Bustamante, and his wife, Lady Gladys Bustamante, greet His Majesty Haile Selassie. At left of His Majesty stands Donald…