Janus: Jamaica 1959-1982

RCS/Y3073E contains:
1	Jamaica's multi-racial society is mirrored on the faces of these students, giving credence to the Nation's motto, 'Out of many, one people'
2-7	Communications, commerce and industry
8-14	Settlement to city
15-16	Political evolution and the movement to independence
17-23	Education and science
24-25	Wars and military co-operation

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Jamaica 1959-1982

Title	Education and science
Reference	Y3073E/17-23
Creator	Various

Content and context

A series of photographs relating, as the title suggests, to education and science. 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.

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Index Terms

Greater Antilles

Jamaica

North and Central America

West Indies

RCS/Y3073E/17-23 contains:

The school feeding programme sponsored by the Jamaican Ministry of Education ensures a nutritious lunch for each child attending Primary School, thus making it easier for learning to take place. 250 x 200 mm. Jamaica Information Service photograph by Dennis Richardson.
Creator: Richardson, Dennis, fl 1959-1982.
Good condition..

Careful packaging is essential to ensure that high quality bananas arrive on the export market. 250 x 200 mm. Jamaica Information Service photograph.
Creator: Jamaica Information Service.
Good condition..

Jamaica's Blue Mountain coffee is renowned for its delicious flavour. Here, coffee berries are being sprayed against the coffee berry borer disease to ensure that the high quality is maintained. 250 x 200 mm. Jamaica Information Service photograph by Ted Cunningham.
Creator: Cunningham, Ted, fl 1959-1982.
Good condition..

This familiar sight along the Jamaican countryside shows the effect of the lethal yellowing disease which devastated the coconut industry in the 1970s. The Jamaica Tall as a commercially viable variety of coconut was completely wiped out. 250 x 200 mm. Daily News photograph by Charles Kinkead.
Creator: Kinkead, Charles, fl 1959-1982, photographer.
Good condition..

After extensive research, the Malayan Dwarf was found to be highly resistant to the lethal yellowing disease, hence its importance to the Jamaican coconut industry as a replacement for the Jamaica Tall. 250 x 200 mm. Daily News photograph by Charles Kinkead.
Creator: Kinkead, Charles, fl 1959-1982, photographer.
Good condition..

Dr Thomas Lecky receiving the Order of Merit in 1978 from the Governor General of Jamaica in recognition of his outstanding work in the field of cattle breeding. 250 x 200 mm. Photograph by Thomas Bryce.
Creator: Bryce, Thomas, fl 1978.
Good condition..

1978

The Jamaica Hope, product of many years of research by Dr Lecky, is a cross between the Jersey and the Zebu of India. 250 x 200 mm. The caption continues 'The Indian strain in the Jamaica Hope makes it particularly suited to Tropical climates, while still producing a high quality and quantity of milk'. Jamaica Information Service photograph by Thomas Bryce.
Creator: Bryce, Thomas, fl 1978.
Good condition..