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Negro girls, Jamaica

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Two African girls - one relaxing on the steps with her hat beside her, the other one standing with her left hand akimbo and a basket in her right hand. The steps are decorated with potted plants. Shrubs are growing beside them.

Rex Nettleford

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Rex Nettleford of the National Dance Theatre Company performing a dance

Maroon Town in the parish of St. James, Jamaica

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An illustration of the Maroon village, Maroon Town in St. James, Jamaica. Wooden houses are nestled among trees and protected by mountains.

Pacification with the Maroon Negroes

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The maroons laid down their firearms while they listen to the terms of a Peace Treaty being read to them by an English soldier while other soldiers look on.

King Street above Barry Street looking north circa May 1950

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Cars driving along, or parked along a section of King Street, Kingston, Jamaica. The street is lined with buildings and a church can be seen in the distance

The Square, Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica

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The square in Montego Bay St. James with a fenced off flower garden in the centre, buildings of varying sizes and shapes, a car parked in the roadway and pedestrians walking along the street.

Border Line

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A Street sign on the border of the parishes of St. James and Trelawny, Jamaica showing the distances to the Capitals, Montego Bay and Falmouth.

Poor House in Spanish Town

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Exterior view of the Poor House in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. Residents are sitting or standing on the verandah. Two men are standing beside the building.

Iron Bridge at Spanish Town by James Hakewill

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James Hakewill's drawing of the Iron Bridge spanning the Rio Cobre River in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Jamaica.

George William Gordon

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Portrait of George William Gordon, National Hero of Jamaica