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Washer women at work

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Topless African women laundering clothes in a yard under a tree. Two women washing in a wooden tub; woman going to hang clothes on clothesline tied to a tree; woman with child irons clothes; children playing on ground; containers on the ground.

Mico 1896

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Front and side views of the exterior of Mico College, featuring Georgian Architecture

Slave Festivities

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Enslaved Africans dancing to the sounds of the drum and percussion instruments being played by their compatriots.

John Tharp, 1736 - 1804

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Portrait of John Tharp, 'Jamaican' plantation owner and owner of enslaved persons

Queen Elizabeth II in August 1966

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From left to right: The Queen Mother, Sir Clifford Campbell (Governor General of Jamaica), Prince Philip and Lady Campbell, pose for a photograph at Kings House, Jamaica.

Federation Conference Delegates

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Group portrait of delegates attending the West Indies Federation Conference. Norman Manley, Jamaican representative, is sitting 6th from right.

Members of the Federal Capital Commission

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Members of the Federal Capital Commission pose for a group portrait

Minister of Works, Hon. Winston Jones at Dry River Bridge

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Hon. Winston Jones, Minister of Works with hands behind him and other government officials inspect work being done on Dry River Bridge

Crowded tramcar

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An overcrowded tramcar with passengers riding on the steps.

West side of Lower King Street from the Royal Bank of Canada looking North ca. 1910

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Horse-drawn carriages infront and tramcar behind, driving along lower King Street, Kingston, Jamaica. Pedestrians walking on sidewalk infront of Royal Bank of Canada in foreground and government buildings in the foreground.