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Surface mail arrives in the Island

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Bags containing surface mail is lowered from a ship as men below anxiously wait with outstretched arms to collect them.

Air Mail arrives in the Island

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Airport workers unload bags of air mail for Jamaica from an airplane while the pilots observe the activity.

Cathedral, Spanish Town

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A man sits atop a barrel on a horse-drawn cart as it drives towards the Spanish Town Cathedral in St. Catherine. Two other men are seen along the roadway.

General view of the Old Iron Bridge

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A view of the Old Iron Bridge in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

Old Wolmers School Yard Parade, next to Kingston Parish Church

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A woman at the entrance to the Old Wolmers School Yard looks at a sign attached to the fence near a lamp post. Broken bricks are stacked along the walkway in the aftermath of the earthquake on January 14, 1907.

Old Wolmers School - Parish Church tower in background taken from Laws Street

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A section of the Old Wolmers School is still standing after the 1907 Earthquake. Debris can be seen on Laws Street and Church Streets. Two women walk along Laws Street, two women stand at the corner of Law and Church Streets.

Coke Church Kingston

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The Coke Methodist Church across from Victoria Park, Downtown, Kingston. A man sits under a tree in the park.

The Date Tree. Sugar Works in the Distance

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An artist's impression of "The Date Tree" at the entrance to a Sugar Plantation. Buildings are in the background, mountains are on the horizon.

Williamsfield Great House

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Concrete steps leading to a section of the Williamsfield Great House which is surrounded by trees and shrubs.

Diesel electric locomotive

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A diesel electric locomotive on the lines at a train station.