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Three calypso players with guitar, rattle and sticks, entertain a female guest on the beach at the Tower Isle Hotel. Jamaican hotels have endeavoured to provide visitors with a unique taste of the island’s culture and particularly its music with the…

Three calypso players with guitar, rattle and sticks, entertain a female guest on the beach at the Tower Isle Hotel. Jamaican hotels have endeavoured to provide visitors with a unique taste of the island’s culture and particularly its music with the…

The Tower Isle Hotel (now Couples Tower Isle) as seen from the front. In the background are the blue waters of the Caribbean Sea.

Damage to the tower of the Kingston Parish Church after the 1907 earthquake.

"Train up a child... At the Tower Street Day Care Centre, a nurses' aid patiently draws attention to some of the many edifying words written on the walls. You don't have to be a child psychologist to know the effects this kind of positive teaching…

A man stands on Tower Street, Kingston taking in the scene of demolished buildings on either side of the road after the 1907 earthquake.

Kingston residents stand amidst a rubble of bricks, electrical wires and other debris following the aftermath of the great earthquake of 1907.

Scene outside the Portsmouth Town Hall located in Portsmouth, England.

Townhouses located in St. Andrew, Jamaica. A car is parked in one of the driveways.

Large crowd gather in town where a "Great Bargain Sale" is taking place. In the town square is a clocktower by which several donkeys are grazing.