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As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do."

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division

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Roaming through the West Indies

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As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do."

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Title
As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do."
Names
Franck, Harry Alverson, b. 1881 (Photographer)
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Roaming through the West Indies

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1920
Place: New York
Publisher: The Century Co.
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 917.29-F
Topics
West Indies -- Description and travel
Jamaica
Christians
Bibles
Jamaicans
West Indians
Women -- Clothing & dress
Genres
Photographs
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR485345-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11722625
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d7d4f690-c6d3-012f-6a86-58d385a7bc34
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The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1920: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-bc3e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-bc3e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1920). As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-bc3e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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As I passed this group on a Jamaican highway, the woman reading the Bible was saying, "So I ax de Lard what I shall do."