[Kingston, Jamaica, and vicinity: street scene; trolleys] – Historic Photo Reproduction
![[Kingston, Jamaica, and vicinity: street scene; trolleys], c1900. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4c6a708e5c56-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Kingston, Jamaica, and vicinity: street scene; trolleys], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Kingston, Jamaica, and vicinity: street scene; trolleys]
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Kingston's street railway is the focus here, with the trolleys running through a busy city street around 1900. The record credits the photograph to A. Duperly & Son, a Kingston studio that produced many views of Jamaican towns and daily life for visitors and collectors. Street railways were a new and visible part of city life at the turn of the century, carrying residents and workers between the commercial center and surrounding neighborhoods. The catalog data is older and not fully verified, so the exact street and date remain uncertain, but the scene still shows how transit, pedestrians and street traffic shared the same roadway.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo copyrighted by A. Duperly & Son, Kingston. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Street railways--1900; Jamaica--Kingston; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,183 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139801 |
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