Postcard Landscape

Traditional method of poi preparation

JAMAICA Scenes in England's chief West Indian Possession. Harper's Weekly (1898)

JAMAICA Scenes in England's chief West Indian Possession. Harper's Weekly (1898)

Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897 :[Interior of Otake Church. 1852].

CASTLETON BOTANICAL GARDENS, ST ANDREW, JAMAICA The actual establishment of Castleton Garden under the direction of Nathaniel Wilson*(a) followed closely upon the selection of the site in 1860-62, and the development of this wonderful collection of exotic plants, mainly trees, from all parts of the Tropics, has since progressed steadily. Emtrance to Castleton Gardens, Cir 1920's, from a postcard - Collection Historic Jamaica No description or series of photographs can do justice to...

Samoa ʻUma, where life is different / by Llewella Pierce Churchill

By Jeff Burns Happy Chinese New Year! Gong Xi Fa Cai! The Year of the Horse is here. Celebrate by reading some Chinese and Chinese-American history. Unfortunately, the world lost author Iris Chang much too early. She was the author of two excellent books I highly recommend: The Rape of Nanking and The Chinese in America: a Narrative History. The Rape of Nanking is a disturbing but necessary account of the Japanese occupation of China in the 1930s, particularly the atrocities committed in the...