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Young men loading debris into wheelbarrows

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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

13N:32:t:3, 13N:32:c:1, 13N:39:c:3, 14N:4:c:2, 14N:4:c:3, 14N:4:c:2, 14N:4:c:3

General

Location: Nigeria

Looking east from one of the triangular fenced areas south of the Supreme Court building in Tinubu Square. The two-story building at the left (with the sign "Ojobaro Brothers") is the Casa do Fernandez (later the Olaiya House, still later the Ilojo Bar ; built 1855, demolished 2016), located where Alli Street meets the Square. Other signs in the background are "Ovaltine" and "The Nigerian Medicine Stores Ltd." (this building still existed in 2016)

Originally contained in an envelope (13N:29:t/DW_04682) with the caption "Volunteers of Lagos clean up. Printed"

Item category: Clean up Lagos campaigns

Library Details

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

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