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A wayside store
Men, women and children with food baskets assemble by a wayside store. The store is made of wood and has a shingles roof.
A West India sportsman: Make haste with the Sangaree, Quashie, and tell Quaco to drive the birds up to me - I'm ready
The English sportsman sits in a chair with his feet supported on a stool, gun in hand. He wears a hat with an enormous brim. A black male servant stands behind him (right) holding up an umbrella and a branch to beat off flies. A black boy approaches…
A West Indiaman in a storm
A West Indiaman in a storm, from an original picture in the possession of Mr. C.W. Carrington, painted by J. Vernet, engraved by W. Carlos. London, Thos. McLean, 1834.
11" x 14 1/2". Mezzotint.
11" x 14 1/2". Mezzotint.
A wholesale and retail store, known all over Jamaica as McNish Ltd.
The ruined wholesale and retail store, McNish Ltd., after the 1907 earthquake.
A woman carrying water or milk on her head
A woman walking along the road in a rural area while balancing a metal container on her head and carrying another one in her hand.
A woman to be remembered
Portrait of an African woman wearing a head-tie, sitting in a pensive mood, with hand under her chin.
A worker in the Cold Room is introduced to His Excellency
A worker in the Cold Room at Red Stripe Brewery is introduced to Sir Clifford Campbell, Jamaica's Governor General.
A young Christmas tree
"Iona Williams at the Forestry Department, Mt. Airy Nursery with a young cupressus Christmas tree."
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Ruins of the Stokes Hall Great House
Remains of the Stokes Hall Great House, built by Luke Stokes and destroyed by earthquake in 1907.