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Mr. Aguilar

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The image shows a man named Mr. Aguilar standing in jacket suit and neck tie leaning against a column. The jacket is very long probably Georgian style.

In 1924, UNIA members assembled for the parade proceeding their annual convention.

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Two images show a gathering at the UNIA annual convention in 1924. In one of the images, flags are hanging from a damaged (burnt) looking building. In the other picture, children are standing among a gathering. This building is partially burnt. In…

The Offices of the Negro World ca 1924

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The picture shows six persons, including one female, in hats standing on the steps of the building that houses the offices of the Universal Negro Improvement Association Incorporation; the African Communities League Incorporation; and the Negro…

Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock

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This is a portrait of Rev. Hugh Braham Sherlock. He was born in Portland, Jamaica on March 21, 1905.

Mrs. Leila James Tomlinson

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This is a picture of a smiling Leila James Tomlinson sitting at a wooden table in a long floral dress. She is a university-educated Jamaican woman and the first Jamaican woman to win a scholarship to study overseas in the UK. A man is aslo seen…

Osmond Fairclough

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Portrait of Osmond Flairclough. He was instrumental in forming the People's National Party (PNP) in September 1938. He was a banker before starting the newspaper called The Public Opinion.

Mr. D.T.M Girvan General Manager of Jamaica Welfare (1943) Ltd.

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Portrait of David Thom McWhinney Girvan, popularly known as D.T.M Girvan, General Manager of Jamaica Welfare (1943) Ltd., dressed in suit and tie. He is smiling and looking straight into the camera. Mr. Girvan was an economist. He was born in 1904…

Prof. Rex Nettleford

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Photograph of Rex Nettleford in a Calicashirt. He was a Jamaican scholar, social critic, choreographer, and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), the leading research University in the Commonwealth Caribbean.

A. Wesley Powell

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Portrait of Dr. Aston Wesley Powell, former principal of Excelsior Community College. He founded the EXED group of schools in January 1931.

Manor Park Plaza

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Photograph shows a large frontal section of the Manor Park Plaza in Constant Spring Jamaica. Cars can be seen on the outside of the plaza. This plaza is considerd the 'big sister' to the Upper Manor Park Plaza with approximately 21 stores.