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Morant Bay (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Banana field, Morant, 1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/24
Scope and Contents

219 x 134 mm. A view looking across a tightly planted field of banana plants in the Morant district of eastern Jamaica.

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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Banana field Morant, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/25
Scope and Contents

218 x 132 mm. A view showing a line of female labourers carrying a bunch of bananas on their heads with piles in the foreground awaiting collection. A rather blurred photograph.

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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Crossing Bamboo Pond, near Morant Bay, Jamaica, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/5
Scope and Contents

151 x 103 mm. Showing a horse and buggy crossing a river, with Jamaicans helping to push the vehicle through the water. Additional information on the back of the print states 'Travelling on the King's Highway. Emo's Buggy, 1904. Before the bridge was made. Crossing Bamboo Pond Johnstone River near Morant Bay, [signed] J.E.K.'.

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).