Photographs of Jamaica, St Vincent and Hamilton, Bermuda

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Reference	2005/001/151
Archive collection	British Empire & Commonwealth
Level of description	Collection
Date	c1860s
Description	This volume showing views of Jamaica, St Vincent and Bermuda, appears to consist of three different kinds of photographs. There are (1) professional photographs, largely street scenes and botanical subjects, taken by local trade photographers (2) ethnographic images of Jamaican people in characteristic dress and poses (3) amateur shots of trees and houses. Several photographs were taken by Norton Bros. and the 4 views of Hamilton, Bermuda, are taken from a numbered series. This catalogue was produced with support from the National Cataloguing Grants Programme for Archives
Extent and medium	1 volume
Creator	Unknown donor or vendor
Biographical history	Unknown
Access status	Open
Access conditions	none
Physical and technical	Photograph album containing 34 pages with 34 photographs glued on to the pages. The pages have been rebound into the current volume.

Eight boys in a field eating water melons Garden with bungalow and large tree [Deck?] Street, Jamaica King Street, Kingston, Jamaica King Street, Kingston, Jamaica Market day, Kingston, Jamaica Fruit carriers Fruit carriers Entrance to Marine Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica Marine Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica Sea view, Marine Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica Castleton Gardens, Jamaica Kingston from the sea, Jamaica Market Square, St Vincent Botanical Gardens, St Vincent Going to Market, St Vincent Government House, St Vincent View of Hamilton, Bermuda View of Hamilton, Bermuda West End, Victoria Park, Bermuda Mount Langton, Bermuda Mango tree Plant-lined pool, reflecting houses Large white house set in formal gardens Travellers palm tree Two thatched huts set among trees Women and children posed outside thatched hut Posed studio shot of local woman Two people seated beneath banyan tree Travellers palm tree View of Cedar Avenue with house and gas lamp Kingston Harbour, Jamaica Palm trees Palm trees