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Boy exercising

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"How about this way of touching your toes they ask. And they all seem quite able to do this exercise although one lad needed the assistance of the Captain."

Cart wheels

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"Cart wheels anyone? Youngsters on the Summer Youth Programme at Fort Clarence Beach abandon themselves to fun and gaiety. Turning cart wheels is just another of the activities they find time to do so. Here boys from the Olivier Place of Safety "do…

A village post office

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A photographic print showing a scene at a village post office in Jamaica. The building has a thatched roof and a wooden frame. Natives are lined up outside the building where a donkey has been tied up.

Amity Hall Great House

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A view of the historic Amity Hall Great House [also known as Top Hill], a sugar estate in St. Thomas, Jamaica.

Bellevue Great House

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Back view of the Bellevue Great House in located in St. Ann, Jamaica. Attached to the building is a chimney.

Chief of staff house, Port Royal, back view

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A soldier and a woman stand by a section of the Chief of Staff's house that has sustained significant damage from the 1907 earthquake. There is a gaping hole where the brick wall and roof have broken down and there is a heap of rubble on the ground.

Derailed rail lines, port Royal, 1907 Earthquake

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A man walking on a partially bent train line after the 1907 earthquake that devastated Kingston and Port Royal. Damaged buildings and debris can be seen in the background.

Easton McMorris - cricketer

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Easton McMorris, a cricketer and right handed batsman playing for the West Indies cricket team.

Great Valley house

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A view of the two-storey dwelling on the Great Valley sugar estate in Hanover.

Highgate Great House

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Sepia-toned photograph of a framed 18th century painting of Highgate Great House in Sligoville, St. Catherine. Highgate Great House was the former residence of successive governors of Jamaica - Lord Belmore, Lord Sligo, Sir Charles Metcalfe, Sir…