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Jamaica social life and customs

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Women dressed in white dresses and broad rimmed hats, stand around a maypole.

Humming Bird no. I

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Music scores and drawing of the Hummingbird, also known as the Doctor Bird, depicted on a postcard.

Tinkling Blackbird

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Musical scores for the bird song 'Tinkling Blackbird no. I' and a print of a blackbird.

Tinkling Blackbird no. I

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Musical scores for the bird song 'Tinkling Blackbird no. I' and a print of a blackbird.

Ground Dove

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Drawing of a pair of ground doves in a swampy field. Also shown on the postcard is a line from the musical score for the bird song, "Ground Dove".

P.G. Hospital, The Barracks Lucea Ja., B.W.I. after hurricanes of 18 hours 1912

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Hurricane damage to P.G. Hospital at the Barracks, in Lucea in the parish of Hanover.

Todius Viridis, Jamaican Tody, Jamaican Robin

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Drawing of the bird, Todius Viridis, also known as the Jamaican Tody and the Jamaican Robin.

Rose Hall, St. James

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View of the Rose Hall Great House and its surroundings, from a distance.

John-to-Whit

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John-to-whit bird song and print of birds putting feathers in a birds nest. The bird is also known as the Black-whiskered Vireo.

Petcharie

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Postcard of the 'bird song' of the petcharie (petchary) bird as well as a print of the bird perched on a tree limb.