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Partial view of the front of the historic Kingston Parish Church.

"Local Government Minister Pearnel Charles, addressing higglers on King Street yesterday afternoon. He told the vendors they had until Friday to remove the permanent structures and put up mobile stalls."

"Demolition: Remains of shacks which were demolished by the KSAC on Orange Street near North Parade in Kingston."

"De dread red an' wan' lik off dem head... a rastafarian dreadlocksed higgler [left] is filled with wrath as he angrily watched labourers from the Public Cleansing Department of KSAC pulling down his shack [correction, grocery store] at South Parade…

"Vendors arcade - well on the way! - The days of those semi-permanent vendors stalls along King Street are numbered! This is the Vendors Arcade now being constructed at the corner of Laws and Church Streets, at which all present King Street Vendors…

Sign commemorating the 145th anniversary of Kingston being designated as the capital city of Jamaica.

King Street, Kingston leading to Victoria Pier on the Waterfront. Boats are docked at the Pier persons are standing or walking along the waterfront.

Commercial buildings along King Street. Several horse-drawn carriages are seen. To the right is the Bee Hive store at the corner of King and Harbour Streets.

"Believe it or not, this man dances on broken bottles for a living. As if that isn't enough. Kingsley Archer takes up a handful of the splinters at each performance and rubs them over his face! Usually, a gasp goes up from the audience as they watch…

Kings House and grounds. A woman stands in the yard, one hand on hip; a bouquet of plants in the other.