Souvenir Group Photograph of Councillors and Officers of the Kumasi Town Council for Triennial Period 1947/50, 1950-10-27
Scope and Contents
215 x 160mm.
Back row, standing: Osie Kofi; (Chief Clerk); N.S. Elliot (San. Supt); E. Gross (Asst. Town Clerk); Councillor J.A Opoku (Asantehene’s Representative)
Middle row, standing: Councillors. A.W. Davies (Official member); S. Prempeh (Zongo Ext. Ward); W.W. Taylor (Old Town Ward); A. Coromah (Zongo Ward); C. Kessie (Asante Ward); G. Kadai (Fante Ward)
Front row, sitting: Councillor Hon. B.D Addai (Ahensie Ward); F.W. Beecham (Town Clerk); R.H. Canham (President); T.K. Hartglas (Town Engineer); Councillor Mrs. Jane E. Gaisie (Official Member); Nana Boakyi Dankwa (Asantehene’s Representative).
Norman Stewart Elliot (b.1905) came to the Gold Coast as a Sanitary Inspector in 1928. A.W. Davies (b.1915) was appointed to the Colony in 1939 and retired as an Administrative Officer in 1956. Others have not been further identified.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-10-27
Creator
- From the Fonds: Canham, Peter Holmes, 1914 - 1984 (colonial administrator) (Person)
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2015-04-02 14:44:44+00:00
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