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Aerial view of the Fisheries Department fish ponds on Five Cowrie Creek, Lagos, to the east of the Creek Hospital, 1948-10-06

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

Dates

  • 1948-10-06

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

Additional Description

General

Location: Nigeria

Onikan Road (as it was called at that time) runs across the image just beyond the fish ponds. Duckworth's house at No. 4 Onikan Road is the house on the far side of the road, to the left of the center of the image

Originally contained in an envelope (8N:7:t/DW_03272) with the caption "Aerial photos. Kurama waters. Noll (or No. 11?) & fish farm. Igbo villages. School. Window as a cross"

Item categories: Occupations; Views from above

Library Details

Library Details

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

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