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Entrance to British American Tobacco Co. Ltd., Nigeria Depot

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists chiefly of photographic prints and slides documenting early 20th century Nigeria.

Dates

  • 1930 - 1972

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: 96 Boxes

From the Collection: 4 trunks

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Location: Nigeria

"147" on both sides of the entrance. According to the Red book of West Africa (1920; p. 75-76) the offices of the British American Tobacco Co. were in Broad Street (number not indicated; but by 1954, 147 Broad Street was the home of Araba Transport Ltd.)

Originally contained in an envelope (8N:25:t/DW_03339) with the caption "Posters in Lagos. Onikan Boys' Club. Scrubbing off posters"

Item category: Building details

Library Details

Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

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