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Peasants on the Rockfort Road going to market

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Women dressed in long dresses, head-ties, some with baskets on their heads, pose for a photograph while on their way to the market. They are travelling with a donkey that has a straw basket attached to its sides.

Rockfort, Kingston in the early days

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Marl, gravel, rocks and road construction material line the Rockfort road ahead of construction that was to take place. A single horse-drawn carriage is on the road.

Rockfort Road

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A view of Rockfort Road by the seashore with several buildings and structures in view and where passengers are loading a parked tramcar. Heaps of marl and other building material have been heaped along the sides of the road for construction on the…

Stalled cars on flooded Princess Street

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Several vehicles become stalled as a result of flood rains, resulting in a pile up of traffic on Princess Street in Downtown, Kingston.

Kingston Industrial Garage, Pechon Street, Downtown Kingston, circa 1920

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Postcard showing the inside of the Kingston Industrial Garage (K.I.G.). To the left, a mechanic is working on a car. A man is sitting in one of the cars and another is seated at the accounting and information desk.

A representation of the sugar-cane and the art of making sugar

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Print depicting the sugar making process.

A large group of children seated

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Children and a few adults sit outdoors on metal chairs in the glaring sun. Some are using papers, rags and umbrellas as shields against the hot sun.

A young girl running

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A little girl is captured with a package in her hand, running by a zinc fence with a wooden gate, at 21a Baker Street.

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An elderly man leading the children through the bushes

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Five small barefooted children and an elderly man walk along a grassy pathway.

A large crowd of children

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Photograph of young children at an event.