Old jamaica

Striking images - shortly to be auctioned - show the Caribbean island in the early years of photography.

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Photograph by Algernon E Aspinall. Image on postcard posted in Retreat, Jamaica 1922.

HALF WAY TREE, ST. ANDREW It derives its name from a cotton tree dating from the Conquest, which existed as late as 1866. Richard Hill, in an article which was published posthumously in the "Victoria Quarterly" in 1890, said: Engraving; AC Collection I visited Halfway Tree on Sunday the 25th November, 1866. When I first saw the cotton tree at the junction of the four roads through the plain of Liguanea from which Halfway Tree receives its name, it had nearly lived out its time. It is of that…

Old Spanish Bridge, St. Mary, Jamaica

Manleys

Item: Title: Twins, Jamaica Photographer: Hazard Publisher: Publisher#: Year: 1904 Height: 3" Width: 4" Media: gelatin silver print Color: b/w Country: Jamaica Town: Notes: For information about licensing this image, visit: THE CARIBBEAN PHOTO ARCHIVE

Contributor: Simone Myrie I grew up in deep rural Jamaica. In my district none of the citizens owned a motor vehicle, and so we walked everywhere. At age four I walked almost a mile to basic school on dirt tracks and unpaved roads. Back then we took our own cooked lunches to school. Some students wore shoes while others just went barefoot. There was no sense of inadequacy or inferiority felt by those who were shoe-less, and those who were fortunate enough to wear shoes did not feel as if…

Again, excited for some more new national launches this week. Today we bring you more JAMAICA cards! Let us know what you think in the comments, and as always be sure to head over to our Etsy Shop (link in bio) to check out all of our other collections. ------------------------------------------ #Jamaica #VisitJamaica #JamaicanVibes #JamaicanCulture #JamaicanLife #JamaicanAdventure #JamaicaLove #JamaicaLandWeLove #ReggaeMusic #CaribbeanLife #JamaicanFood #MontegoBay #Negril #OchoRios…