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Pile of rubbish in Lagos lying against a fence between the Government Printing Press, on the left, and the Colonial Secretariat, on the right

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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

This may be another part of the fence shown in 8N:23:t:2

General

Location: Nigeria

The view is to the south, toward Broad Street; an upper-level walkway connects the two buildings

The sign on the fence reads "Printing Dept. cycles only"

Originally contained in an envelope (8N:22:t/DW_03323) with the caption "Posters + rubbish"

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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