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West Indian carnival in London
"A West Indian Carnival in London: A scene during the 10th annual Notting Hill Festival in London. More than 250,000 people gathered in brilliant sunshine to enjoy the excitement of the calypso rhythms and to see the traditional masquerade costumes."…
Camp Lewis
"The second floor is going up on the Camp Lewis only building and all of the work is being done by the six boys under the supervision of a builder."
The first campers at Camp Lewis
"The first campers at Camp Lewis relax in their dormitory. From left are: Donald Merchant, Constantine Lally, Clinton Hunt [on bunk], Desmond Young [on bunk] and Lesburn Billet [at table]. Missing Franklin Edwards."
Professor Aitchison and Terry Brown
"Professor Aitchison watches university systems analyst Terry Brown at the keyboard of the talking typewriter. The unit housing the speech synthesizer is at the back of the machine and the 'voice' is transmitted to the operator through a headset or a…
Tags: Typewriter industry; Typewriters
Biogas plant on farm
"Going up in gas: The sun was on spot to see the first attempt to light the farm's biogas plant. At left is Dr. Lee of the Scientific Research Council, supervisor of the project's overseas operation. The farm will use its own manure to produce the…
Handing over of the copy of a book titled 'Your child and you'
"Present at the hand-over of a copy of "Your Child and You" to IYC patron Beverley Manley were from left: Faith MacDonald, of Kingston Publisher; Mrs. Angela Wong (Colgate), Miss Claudette Atkins (VOUCH), Mrs. Manley, Dr. Wright, Mrs. Carmen…
Tags: Books; Manley, Beverley, - 1941-
George Mason
Portrait of Councillor Arthur George Mason, the Mayor of Kingston.
Boys dancing
Four boys doing a dance routing in a classroom.
Site of bauxite mining
Bauxite being extracted and heaped.
Roy Lankester, Managing Director of Jamaica Bags Ltd.
"Recycling machine: Roy Lankester, managing director of Jamaica Bags Limited (left), inspecting the British-built Condor Waste Recovery Unit which arrived in the island recently. The machine, valued at $26,500 will be used by the company to reduce…
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Lacovia, Bamboo Walk

Dirt road lined with bamboo trees on both sides. The area, between Middle Quarters and Lacovia, is known as Bamboo Avenue today.