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A building on the campus of the Government College, Umuahia: a long single-story building (plus clerestory) with pedimented entrance, decorative railings and cupola

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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

Related Materials

Z6:15 shows the same building

General

Location: Nigeria

Originally contained in an envelope (32N:50:t/DW_08687) with the caption "Garden & flowers"

The images in this envelope appear to have been taken in the garden shown at the top of page 14 of issue 17 of Nigeria ("Further garden uses for cement. Cement has been employed for more than one purpose in Mrs. D. Hagley's garden at Yaba...")

Item category: Building exteriors

Library Details

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

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