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Published On:Wednesday, September 01, 2010

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Just a few images of what we, the Bahamas looked like 40...50...60 years in the past by Roland Rose.

The Emerald Beach Hotel hosted many people. From the left Harold MacMillan, TS Elliot and Sidney Poitier.

MacMillian is seen here holding a press conference before a meeting he was to hold with President John Kennedy in which he agreed to buy Polaris Missiles from the United States.

The Nassau Agreement as it was called took place in December 1962.

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