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Aerial view of the Appleton Estate/Factory in Siloah, St. Elizabeth. Appleton Jamaica is the second oldest producer of rum, dating back to 1749, with Jamaica producing the widest varieties of rum in the world.

Donald Sangster wearing eyeglasses sits at a table and writes in a large book. A pen holder with a pen is on the table. Sangster entered politics in 1933 at the age of 21 in a local parish election in St. Elizabeth.

Photograph of Una Marson, Jamaican authors and feminist, sitting at a table with an opened book, legs crossed, left hand resting on left thigh. She is wearing a single strand of necklace

Image showing two unnamed Maroons from Accompong, St. Elizabeth.

Roadway through Watson's Hill, St. Elizabeth. A car can be seen on the narrow road. Watson's Hill in St. Elizabeth is one of few remaining Taino (Arawak) sites on the island of Jamaica, although the Taino presence is stronger in parishes such as St.…

Portrait of Kenneth Ingram, taken while he was a librarian at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston.

Photograph of a man, woman and child picking pimento in a pimento field. St. Ann is one of the major pimento producing parishes in Jamaica.

Print of White River, St. Ann. This river, for its entire length, forms the boundary between the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary. It is the only long river in St. Ann since all the others rise a short distance from the coast. The river once…

This is a portrait of Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock. He was born in Portland, Jamaica on March 21, 1905. Jamaica's National Pledge was written by Sir Hugh Sherlock. In 1962, he wrote the lyrics of Jamaica, Land We Love, which became Jamaica's National…

A group of banana carriers walk in tandem, bananas on heads and shoulders as they make their way towards the boat in Port Antonio, Portland. Jamaica was the first country in the world to trade bananas internationally. The banana trade in Portland…