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Reports on relief works. Includes 67 photographs depicting: Reports on relief works...
Catalogue reference: CO 1042/310
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This record is about the Reports on relief works. Includes 67 photographs depicting: Reports on relief works... dating from 1940-1941 in the series West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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CO 1042/310
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Date (When the record was created)
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1940-1941
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports on relief works.
Includes 67 photographs depicting: Reports on relief works Jamaica: reclamation of swamp land, road improvements and construction, clearing course of the Rio Cobre River. Photographs annotated (album). Dated 1940-1941.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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With Photographs
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2050154/
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CO 1042
West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files
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Within the series: CO 1042
West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files
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Reports on relief works. Includes 67 photographs depicting: Reports on relief works...
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