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Gatun Lake, Panama Canal

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Gatun Lake, Panama Canal surrounded by lush vegetation.

Colon during the flourishing French times

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A scene in Colon, Panama when the French was involved in the construction of the Canal.

Clifford Campbell

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Clifford Campbell (2nd left, front), Hugh Lawson Shearer (right) and other government officials pose for a group photograph on the steps of Kings House.

Arrival at Cristobal of S.S Ancon with 1500 labourers from Barbados to work on the site of the Panama Canal

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An overcrowded S.S Ancon arrives at Cristobal with labourers from Barbados to work on the site of the Panama Canal.

Front range light, Pacific entrance to Panama Canal

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A front range light mounted on a concrete base at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.

Drum Sisal

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Two men transporting sisal (a fiber that is used to produce rope) on a make - shift carrier. Sisal is also hanging from wooden stands nearby.

Derek Walcott

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A head shot of Derek Walcott, St. Lucian poet and playwright.

Declare Wesleyans 1st West India Regiment

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Members of the West India Regiment pose for a group photograph in front of a building.

Clifford Campbell

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Clifford Campbell with cigarette in hand, engages in a conversation with Robert Lightbourne and two other men. The men have glasses of liquor in their hands.

Clifford Campbell

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Clifford Campbell walks ahead of Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family who were visiting the sitting of the Jamaican parliament.