Jamaica Collection

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mary Jane Seacole, 1850s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mary Jane Seacole, 1850s, (2023). Seacole (1805-1881) was born in British Jamaica, and had many careers including nurse, boarding house keeper, author, and world traveller

The Singing and the Gold, New York, 1937. Creator: Unknown
The Singing and the Gold, New York, 1937. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers

Women washing clothes in the river, Port Antonio, Jamaica, c1905. Artist: Adolphe Duperly & Son
Women washing clothes in the river, Port Antonio, Jamaica, c1905. Photograph from Picturesque Jamaica, by Adolphe Duperly & Son, (published in England, c1905)

Signs in the windows of a Marcus Garvey club in the Harlem area, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Signs in the windows of a Marcus Garvey club in the Harlem area

In Jamaica, n. d. Creator: William Henry Holmes
In Jamaica, n.d

Walcot, (1738-1819), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Walcot, (1738-1819), 1830. John Wolcot (1738-1819) English satirist and physician, known for his humour and wit. From " Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R

Steet scene in Port Royal, Jamaica, 1895. Creator: York & Son
Steet scene in Port Royal, Jamaica, 1895. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies washing, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies washing, 1905. People washing clothes in a river. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term coolie usually referred to an indentured labourer from South Asia

Hotel Mandeville, Looking East, Jamaica, c1913. Creator: Unknown
Hotel Mandeville, Looking East, Jamaica, c1913. [Raphael Tuck & Sons, Mandeville, Ja.]

Greetings from Jamaica. Going to Market with Yams and Canes. Constant Spring Road, 1913. Women carrying baskets of fruit and vegetables. [A. Duperly & Son, Kingston, Jamaica]

Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Greetings from Jamaica. Coolies, early 20th century. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term coolie usually referred to an indentured labourer from South Asia, South East Asia or China

Greetings from Jamaica. (1) After days work on the Banana field, early 20th century. [A. Duperly & Son, Kingston, Jamaica]

Carrying Coals to Market, Jamaica, early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Carrying Coals to Market, Jamaica, early 20th century. Woman balancing a basket of coal on her head, and laden donkey

Cigarette Card Sir Henry Morgan, Capture of Panama, pub. 1888 (colour lithograph)
Cigarette Card Sir Henry Morgan, Capture of Panama, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19), pub. 1888 (colour lithograph). Sir Henry Morgan (1635 - 1688)

Map of the West Indies and Central America, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Map of the West Indies and Central America, 1902. Showing the various Caribbean islands, and the north coast of South America. From The Century Atlas of the World. [John Walker & Co, Ltd

Uprising of the black slaves in Jamaica in 1760, 1800. Creator: David, Francois-Anne
Uprising of the black slaves in Jamaica in 1760, 1800. Private Collection

Geographical map of the West Indies. Map of the Caribbean, showing the Isthmus of Panama, the north coast of South America, the Greater Antilles, and various other islands

Natives loading bananas at Kingston, Jamaica, chant Scottish psalms, 1937
In Charge of a Precentor - the natives loading bananas at Kingston, Jamaica, chant Scottish psalm tunes as they walk along, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Yolanda Brown, Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival, London, 2009. Artist: Brian O Connor
Yolanda Brown, Imperial Wharf Jazz Festival, London, 2009

Jimmy Cliff, Capital Jazz, Knebworth, 1982. Artist: Brian O Connor
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor, Capital Jazz, Knebworth, 1982

Randy Weston, Tenor Clef, 1992. Artist: Brian O Connor
Randy Weston, Tenor Clef, 1992

Ruby Turner, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2002. Artist: Brian O Connor
Ruby Turner, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, 2002

Sam Kelly, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, March 17, 2017. Artist: Brian O Connor
Sam Kelly, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, March 17, 2017

Randy Weston, Brecon, 2004. Artist: Brian O Connor
Randy Weston, Brecon, 2004

Sam Kelly, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex, 2009. Artist: Brian O Connor
Sam Kelly, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex, 2009

Battle in Jamaica between Christopher Columbus and Francisco Poraz, 1504 (1631). Artist
Battle in Jamaica between Christopher Columbus and Francisco Poraz, 1504 (1631). A scene from Columbus fourth and final voyage of discovery to the New World

Orange-Picking in Jamaica, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

Native labourers Preparing Rice in Jamaica, c1890. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

Cane-Cutters in Jamaica, 1891. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1912. Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris

After the Earthquake, 1907 (1912). Artist: Charles Robinson
After the Earthquake, 1907 (1912). The Kingston earthquake of January 14th, 1907, was of a magnitude of 6.5. It was considered by many commentators of the time one of the worlds deadliest

A Street in Jamaica, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
A Street in Jamaica, 1912. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Government House, near Kingston, Jamaica c20th century

Mary Jane Seacole, (2013). Artist: Karen Humpage
Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881), was Jamaican-born and of Scottish and Creole descent. Seacole set up what she called the British Hotel behind the lines during the Crimean War

Tobacco field, Montpeller, Jamaica, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Tobacco field, Montpeller, Jamaica, 1900. Detail from a stereoscopic card

Kingston Harbour, Jamaica, c1880

The town of Morant, Morant Bay, Jamaica, c1880

View of Newcastle, in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica, c1880

Street scene, Kingston, Jamaica, c1880

Junction of Harbour Street and King Street, Kingston, Jamaica, c1835

Family outside their home, Coolie Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

Man on a raft, Kingston, Jamaica, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

Myrtle Bank Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

Port Maria, Jamaica, early 20th century

Slavery accounts, 1698-1701 (1965). Accounts of the number of negroes delivered to the islands of Barbados, Jamaica and Antigua for the years 1698-1701

A remonstration of the subject of the slave trade, 1789 (1965). A remonstration from the Council and Assembly of Jamaica to the House of Commons on the subject of the slave trade

Earthquake damage and a burnt car, King Street, Kingston, Jamaica, 1907. From the Valentines series of postcards

A man on his way to market to sell a pig, Jamaica, c1900s

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