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Banners carried by PNP demonstrators, June 1968

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Demonstrators displaying placards during a demonstration in June 1968.

Registration of voters

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Curious children crowd the doorway of the Electoral Registration Mobile Unit while the adults wait in line to be registered for voting.

Norman Manley and Acting Indian High Commission in the BWI, Sankara Pillai

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The Hon. Norman Manley, Chief Minister (2nd right) and the Hon. Sankara Pillai, Acting Indian Commissioner in the BWI (right) with a group of persons at buffet supper hosted by the East Indian Progressive Society.

Mahoe Postal Agency - Opened by the Minister of local government, 1966

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A very small wooden building with the sign 'Mahoe Postal Agency' affixed to it.

Ramble Post Office - Hanover

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The front view of the Ramble Post Office in Hanover.

Chester Castle Post Office, Hanover

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The Chester Castle Post Office in the parish of Hanover.

Camp Bierd - The West Indian Section of Cristobol

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Men who work on the contruction site of the Panama Canal take a break from work at Camp Bierd - The West Indian Section of Cristobaol. Both sides of the road are lined with living quarters.

The Pay Car at Culebra, January, 1908

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Workers of the Panama Canal line up to enter the Pay Car (a railroad car) to collect their wages (1908).

Sleeping Quarters for Negroes
Labor Quarters

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Sleeping quarters for negroes (top) and quarters for other labourers (bottom).