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Uniform Title
The Bryant Slides Collection
Photo Description
People walking down Bamboo Avenue in Lacovia, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bamboo Avenue, also known as “Bamboo Walk”, is a highway approximately 2.5 miles long planted with bamboos forming an arched canopy over the road. It is also known as Holland Bamboo because it was planted by the owners of the Holland Estate, a sugar estate that dates back to the mid-1700s. The avenue was planted with the Bambusa Vulgaris a species of Bamboo which was the largest variety introduced in Jamaica. Slide labeled Bamboo over road on Southern Plains.
Keywords
Bamboo; Historic sites; Jamaica; Roads; Social life and customs
Subject
Bamboo -- Jamaica -- 1950-1960; Roads -- Jamaica -- 1950-1960; Historic sites – Jamaica; Jamaica -- Social life and customs
Format
image/jpeg
Size Original
35 mm
Coverage-Temporal
Jamaica -- Caribbean region
Identifier
DP0003467
Identifier (Genre)
Transparencies
Rights
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Recommended Citation
"People walking down Bamboo Avenue in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica" (1959). British West Indies Jamaica Slides. 29.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/bwi-slides-jamaica/29
Keywords
Bamboo; Historic sites; Jamaica; Roads; Social life and customs
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