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Nigerian Railways steam engine 311, tender and car

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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

Originally contained in an envelope (25N:59:t/DW_07082) with the caption "Bukuru. The highest point on the Nigerian Railways. Corn house, Gudi."

The images in this envelope were collected as part of the work for the article "Tin mining on the Jos plateau" (Nigeria 34(1950):235-254)

Item category: Railways

Library Details

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

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