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Chinese Benevolent Society float, Independence Day Parade

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A large crowd surrounds the Chinese Benevolent Society float during the Independence Day Parade.

Kingston Race Course

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Large gathering at the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Circle) - a track once used for horse-racing.

Old theatre blown up from Kidd's view of the parade

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Close-up view of the old Kingston Theatre in Parade, taken from Kidd's lithograph.

View of the Court House Harbour Street

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Crowd gathered outside the court house on Harbour Street in Kingston.

Vendors sheltering from the sun

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Street vendors place a sheet of tarpaulin over their vending stalls before the Kingston Parish Church.

Four balls gate destroyed in 1934

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A location in Jamaica known as Four Balls Gate, before being destroyed in 1934.

A view of the Kingston Theatre

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A lithographic print of the Kingston Theatre, located then at the Parade in Down Town, Kingston.

Remains of the Military Hospital after the earthquake. January 14th, 1907

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Bricks from the military hospital that has been destroyed by the great earthquake of 1907, strewn across the yard.

A view of Church Street

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A drawing of a section of Church Street in Downtown, Kingston.

Graveyard

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A cemetery located in a barren and desolate area. Sticks with numbers mark the different burial sites.