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Jamaica (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 376 Collections and/or Records:

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Road to St Anne's Bay from Ocho Rios, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/17
Scope and Contents

215x141mm. Unsurfaced road running through thick forest with four Jamaicans standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[?Roaring River Falls], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/31
Scope and Contents

229 x 179 mm. Showing a waterfall composed of several cascades, possibly the Roaring River Falls.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Roaring River Falls, Ocho Rios, St Ann’s, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/28
Scope and Contents

243 x 185 mm. A view looking towards the falls through a tunnel of trees, with two boys standing in a shallow part of the river and a third sitting in a tree.

Dates: 1879 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Roaring River Falls, St Ann, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/12
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

Dates: 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Roaring River Falls, St Ann's, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/13
Scope and Contents

211x133mm. Showing two Europeans and a Jamaican with a machete standing in thick forest on the bank of the Roaring River, with the falls in the background. Duplicate of Y307A/34.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Roaring River Falls, St Ann’s, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/60
Scope and Contents

241 x 187 mm. A view looking up the cascades with dense forest on the river bank.

Dates: 1879 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Roaring River, Jamaica, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/9
Scope and Contents

216x133mm. View of the Roaring River Falls at Ocho Rios, St Ann's.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ruins of Kingston Jamaica after the fire of 1882, 1882

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/50
Scope and Contents

241 x 178 mm. A view looking over the gutted houses and commercial premises with the hills behind Kingston visible in the distance. The fire on Dec 11 1882 destroyed some 570 houses in the commercial district of Kingston, leaving 6000 homeless and causing damage estimated at £220,000. This was twenty years after a fire of 1862 had caused similar damage to the same area. See also

Dates: 1882
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ruins of Spanish Monestery [sic] Jamaica, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/12
Scope and Contents

100 x 76 mm. Showing the crumbling outer walls of the old monastery at Miranda Hill, Montego Bay.

Dates: 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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S. River Fall, St Eliza, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/14
Scope and Contents

213x136mm. View of a waterfall on the South River (unlocated) in St Elizabeth's Parish.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sav[anna] la Mar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/1
Scope and Contents

76 x 81 mm. Showing public buildings in Savanna la Mar, a seaport at the south-western corner of Jamaica. Photograph probably by Dr. Sinclair.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Savannah-La-Mar, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/16
Scope and Contents

211 x 132 mm. Street scene with a few pedestrians. One of the buildings bears the sign 'Herbert Jones & Co.'

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Seeing a ship off, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/6
Scope and Contents

135 x 89 mm. A postcard (original photograph) taken from the deck of a ship and looking back towards the jetty where a waving crowd stands.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Series

Settlement to city, 1959 - 1982

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/8-14
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs relating, as the title suggests, to the developments of settlements. The title was chosen by the National Library of Jamaica, and is one of those based on the headings used for the sections of the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition.

Dates: 1959 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Shipping cassaia flour from Trelawny wharf, Ja., B.W.I. 15.10.11, 1911-10-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/13
Scope and Contents

160 x 115 mm. Showing labourers unloading sacks of flour from a lorry, supervised by a foreman and two pith-helmeted Europeans. The writing on the sacks has been painted on by hand.

Dates: 1911-10-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sir Henry Norman and family, 1883 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/61
Scope and Contents

237 x 181 mm. A view showing the Governor of Jamaica, Sir Henry Wylie Norman (1826-1904), his wife Lady Alice and their daughter Jessie seated on a bench beneath trees in the gardens of Bishop Lodge. Behind them stand Captain Coxhead, the Governor’s ADC and another daughter of the Norman’s. Sir Henry was Governor of Jamaica 1883-89 and Governor of Queensland 1889-96.

Dates: 1883 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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St Andrew’s Parish Church, Half - Way Tree, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/23
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

Dates: 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Strawberry Hill, Port Royal Mountains, Jamaica. Residence of Hon. Alan Ker, Senior Puisne Judge, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/65
Scope and Contents

190 x 112 mm. A view showing the judge’s bungalow perched in the summit of a wooded hill in the mountains.

Dates: 1879 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[The Acting Governor speaking], 1922-11-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073F/2
Scope and Contents

105 x 160 mm. Showing Colonel Herbert Bryan, who performed the ceremony in the absence of the Governor Sir Leslie Probyn, standing beside the cross. (Sir) Herbert Bryan (1865-1950) had a distinguished career as a soldier, and was Colonial Secretary of the Gold Coast 1904-1914, and of Jamaica 1914-1925, though he was absent from the post when on active service in World War I (dispatches five times, D.S.O.), K.B.E. 1925.

Dates: 1922-11-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Bath of St Thomas, Hot Springs, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/15
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

Dates: 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The beginnings of a river: Blue Mountains, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/9
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

Dates: 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Blue Water, Portland, 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/14
Scope and Contents

178 x 228 mm.

Dates: 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Bog Walk nr Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/79
Scope and Contents

240 x 181 mm. A view looking along the Rio Cobre with wooded hills on either bank. For a better picture of the Bog Walk see Y3073B/18.

Dates: 1879 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Camp, Newcastle, Jamaica, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J/4
Scope and Contents

229 x 291 mm (overall), 140 x 203 mm (image). Halftone print. Studio name printed as part of image, print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph is taken from an elevated location and shows a densely populated area, believed to be 'The Camp' indicated in the caption, among distant mountaintops. There are negligible details present in the sky. For another photograph of the same scene see Y307J/5.

Dates: 1897
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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The Camp, Newcastle, Jamaica, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J/5
Scope and Contents

229 x 291 mm (overall), 140 x 203 mm (image). Halftone print. Studio name printed as part of image, print inscribed by hand in ink, au recto, below image. Photograph is taken from an elevated location and shows a densely populated area, believed to be 'The Camp' indicated in the caption, among distant mountaintops. See Y307J/4 for another image of the same scene.. This print exhibits higher contrast, and has clouds which have been added in to create a more complete scene.

Dates: 1897
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).