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The first theatre building known in Kingston, probably erected in the middle of the eighteenth century
Drawing of the first known theatre in Kingston, Jamaica.
The finishing line at Knutsford Park race track
Spectators, officials, a musical band and jockeys with their horses at the Knutsford Park Race Track (now New Kingston).
The easy way - pretty Jamaican girl floats near Shaw Park Beach Club
A young women lies on a floating device in the sea at the Shaw Park Beach Club.
The dreadful earthquake in Jamaica, 1692
Depiction of the 1692 earthquake that struck Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7th of that year.
The crate bearing Garvey's remains at Palisadoes Airport
Marcus Garvey's family receiving his body at the Palisadoes Airport [now Norman Manley International Airport]. The body was being transported in a wooden crate with a wreath on top.
The Court House, Port Maria
View of the court house in Port Maria, St. Mary. This Georgian architecture building was built in 1821.
The Court House and Town Hall, Spanish Town
Georgian architecture building in Spanish Town, housing the Courthouse on the lower level and Town Hall on the upper level.
The construction of houses in the Harbour View community
Concrete slab being lifted by a crane, during housing construction in Harbour View, Kingston.
The Chapelton housing scheme, Clarendon
One of the newly built unites in the Chapelton housing scheme in Chapelton, Clarendon.
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Poet Laureate, Mervyn Morris and Governor General at Investiture Ceremony
Professor Mervyn Morris, Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2014 - 2016) with Governor General Sir Patrick Allen during the Poet Laureate Investiture Ceremony…