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Food for the K.P.H.
"Some of the vegetables for the patients at the Kingston Public Hospital, [KPH] being transported to the store room. In photo, from left are Mr. Aston Brown, Project Coordinator, Ms. Lexietia Nairn, a dietician and Mr. Linton Thompson of the…
Jamaica: in a land where you find a dessert called matrimony
Advertisement with images of different couples on vacation in Jamaica.
Jamaica: her flowers are fresh, the morning is beautiful
Vintage Jamaica Tourist Board poster with an image of a Jamaican "flowers lady" smiling broadly and holding a bouquet of flowers.
Jamaica: her ancestors were African, German, Welsh, Indian, French & Costa Rican
Advertisement with an image of a mixed-race woman with the words: "Her ancestors were African, German, Welsh, Indian, French and Costa Rican. She's pure Jamaican." The advertisement speaks to Jamaica's motto 'Out of Many, One People.'
Jamaica: watching Dorothy McNab dyeing her fabrics
Jamaica Tourist Board poster showing renowned fashion designer in the 1950s and 60s, Dorthy McNab, dyeing fabrics.
Jamaica: nanny service, we have a way with children
A local woman is captured holding an infant in a Jamaica Tourist Board poster advertising its nanny service available to tourists.
Jamaica: you haven't heard Jamaica until you've heard Jamaica's marimba box
A Jamaica Tourist Board poster with the words "You haven't heard Jamaica until you've heard Jamaica's marimba box. It's like a bass fiddle. Only we sit on it" and an image of a man playing the marimba.
Hard labour
Prisoners serving 'hard labour' at the General Penitentiary. The prisoners are on a construction site - some are breaking stones while others are carrying loads on their heads.
General Penitentiary, Tower Street
Inside view of the general penitentiary on Tower Street, Kingston.
