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Frontal view of the Manchester Parish Church in Mandeville, Manchester. The Bishop performs a ceremony to members gathered on the front lawn. Cars line up in the foreground left.

An aerial view of King Street, Kingston looking south.

A view of the town of Rio Bueno, Trelawny taken from a nearby seashore. The original title in the J. Valdez Collection is "Rio Bono".

Photograph of St. Mark's Anglican Church in Rio Bueno, Trelawny. St. Marks was consecrated as an Anglican Parish Church in 1833 after a petition for the establishment of a church by Rio Bueno inhabitants.

Print depicting the Rev. William Knibb standing with a scroll partially rolled down in one hand. Written on the scroll is "Slavery abolished; Jamaica - August 1st, 1838. He is dressed in jacket, vest and inside shirt. William Knibb was a Baptist…

A group performs bruckins at Mello-Go-Round during the 1978 festival of the arts.

Photograph showing a small group performing the Kumina dance in Manhioneal, Portland. A much larger group of spectators look on.

Dancers perform the John Canoe dance.

Two elderly couple dancing the Quadrille while the villagers look on.

A group of women doing the maypole dance. The Maypole is a European retained social dance which originated from May Day celebrations in England. It has however, taken on a Jamaican character.