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Flooding at the end of Port Royal following destruction from earthquake on January 14, 1907. The sea level has risen significantly, almost covering the palm trees at the harbour.

A faded photograph of military personnel standing at attention in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. Soldiers of different ranks, some on horses, others with guns in hand and a few from the military band are gathered in what appears to be a…

Display of Turks and Caicos salt and pita fibre by Alfred Stubbs Snr. at the Jamaica Exhibition in 1891.

A scene of total destruction along Harbour Street, Kingston, shortly after the passing of the 1907 earthquake. The street is filled with bricks, electrical poles and other debris. Smoke from a fire is seen ( to the right) and a few persons are…

Market vendors selling a variety of food produce to buyers at the market.

Complete damage to the front of the East Queen Street Baptist Chapel.

Nathan's Department Store in Downtown, Kingston, taken at night.

People occupying shacks made of wood and zinc at Race Course (now National Heroes Park), after being displaced by earthquake on January 14, 1907.

Structures for housing refugees, erected at the Kingston Race Course (now National Heroes Park) after the earthquake of 1907.

Statue of Queen Victoria at the head of King Street, Kingston, after the earthquake on January 14, 1907.