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"Jamaican crooner, Archie Lewis, who performs regularly at hotels along the north-coast, will leave the island later this year to appear, for the second successive year, at the American Bankers' Association Convention, at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lewis,…

"Hands outstretched, Jamaica's 'Old Groaner,' Archie Lewis, gives his all to a dinner audience at the Montego Beach Hotel, where he performs each Wednesday evening. With a repertoire of ballads ranging from 'Moon River' and 'Catch a Falling Star' to…

"Polo-neck dress taken from Xaymaca (page 12)."

A postcard from the Gardner's series showing a man, woman and child walking towards a church one Sunday in Jamaica. The man, dressed in suit and hat, is carrying a book [possibly a bible] in hand and is looking back at a bunch of bananas as he walks…

Photograph of two young owls in a nest.

"Work on the restoration of historic buildings in the Spanish Town Square is scheduled to begin August 4, and the MP for the area and Parliamentary Secretary int he Ministry of Labour, Granville Williams [centre] toured the Square recently to examine…

Print depicting section of Montego Bay's coastline showing boats in the sea, a mountain in the background with trees, and buildings in the foreground - a view from Payne's on the Hill.

"Group photograph of the Berlin Football Team."

Bryant Bolling standing and singing while holding a microphone.

Image of the massive cotton tree widely known as Tom Cringle's Cotton Tree. It was named after a character in a popular 19th century novel entitled 'Tom Cringle's Log' (Michael Scott, 1834). This ceiba or silk cotton tree was located in front of the…