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Building on the corner of Apongbon Street and Broad Street, Lagos, with posters

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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

The southwest corner of the intersection; the building is that of W.B. MacIver and Company, Limited

One of the posters is for a performance by the Dahomey-Togo Federal Union Orchestras, on Oct. 13, 1948

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

Item categories: Building details; Clean up Lagos campaigns

Library Details

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

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