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Stokes Hall

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Drawing of the Stokes Hall Great House in St. Thomas, Jamaica.

Stone's Hope Great House

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Views of the Stone's Hope Great House taken from the house and front yard. Stone's Hope Estate, located in Newport, Mandeville, is the current site of the Stone's Hope Children's Home.

Stony Gut, Morant Bay, today

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Man standing amidst trees and shrubs at the historic Stony Gut site in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

Straw market - Victoria Craft Market

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Section inside the Victoria Craft Market (now Kingston Craft Market) showing craft items made of straw.

Straw stalls of the Victoria Crafts Market

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Buyers and a visitors' guide (left foreground) at the straw stalls at the Victoria Craft Market (now Kingston Craft Market).

Street vendors

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Women street vendors selling produce along the side of the road. Some have found shelter under their umbrellas, trees and broad rimmed hats. A police officer is standing nearby.

The Imperial West Indian Mail Service

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Postcard of one of the steamships from The Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Company, travelling from Bristol to the West Indies. Elder, Dempster and Co. [written at the top of the postcard] was a company contracted to ship bananas from the…

Sir Florizel Glasspole presents Miss Lou with the Order of Distinction

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Louise "Miss Lou" Bennett-Coverley being honoured with National Award by Governor General Sir Florizel Glasspole.

Sir Hans Sloane

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Sir Hans Sloane, scientist, notable physician and collector, holding one of his plant drawings.