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Albert Griffith's Gladiators

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Albert Griffith's Gladiators, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of seven Jamaican men, sit outdoors on a set of stairs. Printed in the margin below the...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew Tosh

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Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, stands and sings into a microphone as he wears a light colored cap slanted to one side, a light colored jacket with...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Andrew Tosh

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Andrew Tosh, a Jamaican singer, sings into a microphone as he wears a hat. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Andrew Tosh. Artist...

Date Published
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Black Uhuru

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Black Uhuru, a reggae band comprised of two Jamaican men, who look directly at the photographer in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burning Spear

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Jamaican reggae vocalist Burning Spear is in the center of a sculpted circle in front of a brick wall and an apartment building with four of his band...

Date Published
1985
1989
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Burning Spear

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Jamaican reggae singer Burning Spear looks down with his mouth open to sing in a head-shot photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph,...

Date Published
1986
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Congos

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The Congos, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of three men, stand together wearing long-sleeve denim shirts and jeans. Printed in the left margin in a...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Culture

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Culture, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of three men, stand and do a three-way hand shake as they look at the camera wearing matching robes. Printed...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Culture

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Culture, a Jamaican reggae band comprised of three men, sit on a staircase and laugh as the two on the outside squeeze in around the neck of the band...

Date Published
1986
1988
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Grand Emporium Collection

Culture

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Culture is a Jamaican reggae band comprised of three men. One member holds forth a quartz crystal with his right hand and holds a carved walking stick...

Date Published
1989
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dallol

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Dallol, a band of six African men who perform a mixture of reggae and Ethiopian music, pose for a group picture with three men standing behind three...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Desmond Dekker

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Jamaican reggae vocalist Desmond Dekker looks to his right with a slight smile as he wears a flat cap and a coat with the collar lifted around his...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon "Touchdown" Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon "Touchdown" Brown smiles to his left as he moves his forearms in a dance position. He wears a light-colored double...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon Brown stands with his left hand in his pocket wearing a black overcoat, a large necklace, and a fedora. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Devon Brown

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Jamaican reggae musician Devon Brown sits with his arms crossed over the back of a chair as he wears a checked suit jacket over a collarless shirt. He...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Don Carlos

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Jamaican roots vocalist Don Carlos stands with his left hand on his chin and wearing a dark leather jacket. Printed in the margin below the photograph...

Date Published
1987
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Donovan

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Donovan, a reggae singer from the Caribbean, tips his fedora hat as he wears sunglasses, an open shirt, and a large necklace as he stands outside a...

Date Published
1988
1989
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Grand Emporium Collection

Dr. Sir Warrior

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Dr. Sir Warrior, a Nigerian singer, holds a microphone to his mouth and holds his other hand in the air. Other members of a band are visible behind...

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Dr. Sir Warrior

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Dr. Sir Warrior, a Nigerian singer, stands in front of the fence in front of the White House in Washington D.C. He is wearing traditional clothing.

Date Published
1986
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Foreign Dread

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Foreign Dread, likely a reggae band, comprised of three Jamaican men and one white (possibly) man, stand in front of a fence. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1985
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Foundation

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Jamaican reggae trio Foundation stand on what appears to be a beach. The two on the outside stare off to he right. The one in the middle looks...

Date Published
1988
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Four Stars of Zaire

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Four Stars of Zaire, a band comprised of four men from Zaire, who stand together indoors in front of a doorway and smile at the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Four Stars of Zaire

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Four Stars of Zaire, a band comprised of four men from Zaire, who stand together and smile at the camera.

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Frankie Paul

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Frankie Paul, a Jamaican reggae singer, begins to remove his sunglasses as he sits in front of a cloth backdrop wearing a business suit and tie and...

Date Published
1988
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Garth Dennis

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Jamaican reggae singer Garth Dennis in a close-up, head-shot photograph, looks seriously at the camera as he wears a beret. Printed in the margin...

Date Published
1981
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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  • Black people
  • 1981-1990

Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (75)

Types

  • photographs (75)

Genres

  • Publicity photographs (74)
  • Black & white photographs (70)
  • Gelatin silver prints (69)
  • Portrait photographs (46)
  • Group portraits (28)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Photocopies (2)

Time Periods

  • 1991-2000 (24)
  • 2001-2010 (6)
  • (-) 1981-1990 (75)

Subjects

  • Men (71)
  • Reggae musicians (52)
  • Jamaicans (45)
  • Singers (28)
  • Bands (Music) (24)
  • Musicians (10)
  • Women (9)
  • Ethnic costume (7)
  • Africans (6)
  • Guitarists (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Disc jockeys (4)
  • South Africans (4)
  • Jamaican Americans (3)
  • Music--African influences (3)
  • Nigerians (3)
  • Guitar (2)
  • Mbaqanga (Music) (2)
  • Ska (Music) (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Afrobeat (1)
  • Ethiopians (1)
  • Kora (Musical instrument) (1)
  • Malians (1)
  • Quartz crystals (1)
  • Senegalese (1)
  • Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) (1)
  • Trinidadians (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • Zimbabweans (1)
  • (-) Black people (75)

Subjects, People

  • Scotty, 1951-2003 (4)
  • HR (Musician) (3)
  • Brown, Devon, 1966- (2)
  • Burning Spear, 1948- (2)
  • Cliff, Jimmy (2)
  • Griffiths, Albert, 1946- (2)
  • Malcolm, Carl, 1952- (2)
  • Mutabaruka, 1952- (2)
  • Obinna, Christogonus, 1947-1999 (2)
  • Shakespeare, Leroy (2)
  • Tosh, Andrew (2)
  • Yabba (2)
  • Bell, Tony (Reggae musician) (1)
  • Butler, Jonathan (1)
  • Carlos, Don (1)
  • Dekker, Desmond (1)
  • Dennis, Garth (1)
  • Diabaté, Toumani, 1965- (1)
  • Donovan (Donovan Francis) (1)
  • Ekemode, Orlando Julius (1)
  • George, Sophia (1)
  • Half Pint, 1961- (1)
  • Hinds, Justin (1)
  • Kouyate, Ousmane (1)
  • Mahlathini (1)
  • Mapfumo, Thomas (1)
  • Mowatt, Judy (1)
  • N'Dour, Youssou (1)
  • Nelson, Peter (Reggae singer) (1)
  • Nikké (Reggae musician) (1)
  • Paul, Frankie (1)
  • Ras Michael (1)
  • Stewart, Tinga (1)
  • Toots (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (32)
  • 1985 (30)
  • 1981 (12)
  • 2004 (11)
  • 1987 (10)
  • 1988 (8)
  • 1986 (7)
  • 1989 (7)
  • 2002 (4)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 1982 (2)
  • 1992 (2)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1991 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994 (1)

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