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    Uniform Title

    The Bryant Slides Collection

    Photo Description

    Vehicles and children on Bamboo Avenue in 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 Holland sugar estate and dates back to the mid 1700s. The purpose of the grove was to provide shade for plantation slaves and owners of the estate while on their way to the town of Lacovia. Slide labeled Jam. bamboo.

    Keywords

    Bamboo; Historic sites; Jamaica; Lacovia; Roads; Social life and custom

    Subject

    Bamboo -- Jamaica – Lacovia; Roads -- Jamaica -- Lacovia -- 1970-1980; Historic sites -- Jamaica -- Lacovia -- 1970-1980; Lacovia (Jamaica) -- Social life and custom

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    Size Original

    35 mm

    Coverage-Temporal

    Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Lacovia, Saint Elizabeth

    Identifier

    DP0003467

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    Transparencies

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    Keywords

    Bamboo; Historic sites; Jamaica; Lacovia; Roads; Social life and custom

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