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Ortanique, Mandeville, Parish of Manchester, Jamaica

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Photograph of an Ortanique orange in Mandeville, Manchester. Ortaniques were discovered in the Christiana Market, north of Mandeville, in the early 1900s by a man from Manchester called Swaby. The ortanique is a natural hybrid of sweet orange and…

Black River, Jamaica

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A view of the Black River in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

Bog Walk Village, Rio Cobre River, Jamaica

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Two black men wearing hats
two black women carrying baskets are standing in front of a wooden framed upstairs house in Bog Walk Village, St. Catherine, Jamaica. Other wooden framed buildings are close to the house.

Gordon Town, Jamaica

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Four women and a child carrying buckets of water on their heads in Gordon Town, a rural village in Jamaica. Houses and plants are on both sides of the road, stone wall on left side of road.

Goschen Racecourse, St. Elizabeth

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A herd of cattle grazing on the Goschen Racecourse, St. Elizabeth. On the property are several large trees with a vast mountain in the background.

On the Road to Newcastle

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Image showing waterfalls cascading through mountains, on the way to Newcastle, St. Andrew

Porus, Jamaica

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Four men are in conversation in the middle of the road in Porus, Manchester. Wooden buildings are on both sides of the road, a horse-drawn carriage is parked along the dirt road.

Workers threshing grain in Clarendon rice field

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Workers threshing grain in Clarendon rice field [date unknown]

East Indians preparing rice, Jamaica

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Photograph of East Indian indentured labourers in rice fields from the Valdez collection, circa 1890 . [Original title on photograph is: Coolies preparing rice - Jamaica]

Indian girls preparing rice

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Photograph of two girls of East Indian descent preparing rice for cooking.