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The interior of a boiling house showing enslaved African men using very long ladles to tend to the sugar being boiled while being supervised by a white overseer. To the left of the room are two trays of processed sugar while to the rear in a…

An artist's impression of a windmill on a Jamaican sugar estate in 1763.

An artist's impression of the activities involved in the manual production of sugar using an outdoor mill operated by oxen. The slaves are putting the sugarcane into the mill, the juice then goes into the cauldrons at the side to be boiled. Men can…

A scene from the LTM Pantomime 1950 - 51, Alice in Wonderland.

Members of cast of the LTM Pantomime 'Moonshine Anancy' performing a scene. Ranny Williams is at the forefront and Louise Bennett is dressed like a police. Stage props are on the stage.

A scene from the LTM Pantomime, Aladdin, showing Aladdin proposing to the Princess in the presence of the emperor and empress (at right) and other cast members.

Actors dressed in costumes depicting birds, doing the 'Dance of the Birds' in a scene from the LTM National Pantomime 1960 - 1961.

Educational poster highlighting traditional Maroon practices such as: blowing of the abeng, drumming, dancing, craft items such as baskets or bankra and the jerking of pork (bottom right).

Educational poster highlighting Jamaican traditional craft items such as baskets, shaker (top right), and carvings as well as persons engaging in craft making.

Poster of storytellers in action as they seek to preserve the art of storytelling, one of Jamaica's cultural heritage.