Browse Items (10093 total)
Sort by:
Damage to brick wall
Bricks from a damaged wall arranged on the floor.
Column twisted on pedestal, Charleston Cemetery
Column shifted by earthquake in 1907.
Subsidence area
Area of subsidence in Port Royal after 1907 earthquake.
King Street looking north, east side
A busy scene along the east side of King Street in Kingston, looking north.
Port Royal St., short angle King St
Damaged buildings all along Port Royal Street. Men are working to clear the rubble.
The Jamaica Club
The Jamaica Club at 59 Hanover Street, destroyed in the 1907 earthquake.
The park
Mattresses, chairs and other salvaged household items, in the park. A few men and women are loitering about and a woman is resting on one the park benches under a large tree.
Tags: Benches; Chairs; Furniture; House furnishings; Mattresses; Parks - Jamaica
Foot of King St., looking south
Buildings completely damaged by the 1907 earthquake, at the bottom of King Street near the Charles Metcalfe statue. There is a ship at sea behind the statue.
Myrtle Bank Hotel
Myrtle Bank Hotel before the 1907 earthquake.
The Scotch Kirk
Earthquake damaged Presbyterian Chapel in Kingston, Jamaica.
Featured Item
Voters at polling station, Half Way Tree Primary School

"Voters in the north central St. Andrew constituency read and talk as they wait their turn to cast their ballots at the polling station set up at the…