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Finalists from the 2011 JCDC Festival Competition

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Member of the National Library of Jamaica staff, Treveann Harris (middle) is photographed with the nine (9) Jamaica Cultural Development Agency (JCDC) as they present their audio CD "The Journey Continues" for legal deposit.

Finalists - Miss Jamaica Beauty Contest 1973

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Group photograph of the twenty finalists of the 1973 Miss Jamaica Beauty Contest.

Finale of 'Morning Moods' performed by the seniors

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"Finale of "Morning Moods" performed by the Seniors. Costumes and decor were done by the Wolmers Boys School art class."

Final touches to a pair of porcelain sake falcons

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"The finishing touches are put to a pair of porcelain Saker falcons being made by a small company in the English Midlands, prior to their export to the Middle East.
The Saker falcon originated in Eastern Europe and Asia and, like the hawk and the…

Final inspection of Europe's latest and most advanced geo-stationary scientific satellite

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"Go-ahead for European research satellite undergoing final inspection at the Bristol, south-west England space centre of British Aircraft Corporation is the development satellite of GEOS - Europe's latest and most advanced geo-stationary scientific…

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Filthy conditions outside the St. Patrick place of safety in Rae Town

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"Is this what we want for our kids in the international year of the child? The 38 boys being housed at the St. Patrick's Place of Safety in Rae Town have to suffer daily from the stench, mosquito bites and flies are bred by this stagnant pool that…

Filter and storage tank for methane

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"Filter and storage: This is the filter and storage tank for methane (cooking gas) which is being made from pig manure."

Field Negro, sugar cane in background

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The field negro is represented with the implements employed in the cultivation of the sugar cane. The hoe is used to prepare the holes for the cane cuttings, and afterwards to remove the weeds which might injure the growth of the young plants. The…

FIDCO personnel loading pine logs in Bull Head Mountains

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"FIDCO personnel loading pine logs in the Bull Head Mountains for transport to the Twickenham Park MIlls."

FIDCO personnel loading pine logs

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"FIDCo personnel loading pine logs in the Bull Head mountains for transport to the Twickenham Park saw mills."