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Female slaves dressed in European Fashion, peddle their wares from trays on their heads while others sitting against a wooden building and wearing regular attire, talk with a male slave wearing a loin cloth. A dog sitting on the ground looks on.

Remains of the Spanish Fort in Rockfort, overlooking the Kingston Harbour.

Members of the MacDermot Family pose for a group photograph with the bride and groom at a family wedding.

Family portrait of Thomas MacDermot and members of his familiy.

Portrait of Thomas MacDermot Jamaican poet, novelist and editor of the Jamaica Times, who also wrote under the pseudonym Tom Redcam.

Portrait of Jean D'Costa, Jamaican author of children's books.

Photograph of V. S. Reid, Jamaican Novelist, sitting at his desk with his eyeglasses on his forehead. Two pens are in holders on the desk.

Portrait of author Jeanne Wilson.

People including children form a queue with containers in hand, waiting to purchase kerosene oil.

Famous Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation strike in 1964, when strikers sat down in the Half-Way Tree square blocking traffic. Vehicular traffic stopped to a halt, while a crowd of curious onlookers supported the strikers.