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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Knowledge of this kind is most important in combatting local superstitious beliefs about disease'.

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Showing a stone and thatch hut with a number of people outside under the shade of a tree. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'In this ticket office established by the Native Administration, traders buy their penny tickets for their day's pitch in the market'.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Police Force is composed of two branches, namely the General and Escort. The former are literate and in addition to patrol duties are employed in the more technical side of police work which requires a knowledge of evidence, the ordinances in force in the Gold Coast, traffic control, finger prints and the things necessary in the...

Scope and Contents A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Police Force is composed of two branches, namely the General and Escort. The former are literate and in addition to patrol duties are employed in the more technical side of police work which requires a knowledge of evidence, the ordinances in force in the Gold Coast, traffic control, finger prints and the things necessary in the...

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This publication is an offprint from 'Royal United Service Institution', vol. XVIII, 1874, 317-40. It is the text of a lecture that Glover delivered on 15 May, 1874.

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs, slides, negatives and watercolours. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Y3043TT and Y3043UU have been listed in detail by Erica Ryan with minor amendments by D.H. Simpson. Y3043VV has not been listed in detail. Miss Weston had spent a number of years in Northern Nigeria and Ghana with Miss Gladys M. Pearce Simmonds...

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Portrait of two farmers. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They know that since the advent of the Native Treasury that they can raise loans to buy ploughs and farm implements, loans which are paid back in easy instalments over long periods'.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'The Gold Coast Colony is divided up into seventeen Administrative Districts. In the Volta River District in the Eastern Province, it consists of five native states with a total population of about 860,000 and spread over an area of some 1,258 square miles. One of these states is Manya Krobo. Manya Krobo has a population of 84,797 and covers an area...

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85 x 60 mm.

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Unpublished reminiscences of Tengely's service in West Africa, 134 pages, illustrated with original photographs, presumably by the author.

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Unpublished typescript and manuscript reminiscences of Tengely's service in West Africa, 134 pages, with 12 inserted photographs. The account describes Accra, Elmina, Abbeokuta, Ibadan, Sierra Leone and Benin, with particular reference to African traditions, ceremonies and beliefs. There is an accompanying letter from the author to the Royal African Society, 22 June 1939, and the Society's acknowledgement, 26 June 1939.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'it stands outside the septic tank latrines also built by the Native Administration, and provides manure for the experimental Native Administration Farm'.

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85 x 60 mm.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The hump is a characteristic of the Zebu type of cattle found in many parts of Africa and Asia. When in good condition the hump is hard and firm but when out of condition the hump is soft and flabby'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'From birth the heifers are handled as much as possible, in order to make them quiet and docile and eventually easily milked'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He came from the Department of Agriculture Stock Farm at Shiba, Samaru, Northern Provinces, Nigeria. He is descended from good milking stock, and is very quiet and easily handled. A herdsmen is holding him by a ring through the nose without the aid of a pole or chain'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'This is usually done when they are four months old'.

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200 x 140 mm.

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85 x 60 mm. Portrait of Canham taken by Kwabina Yebuah, who appears in Y30448O/169.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'She has been given her penny ticket for the day's pitch as she came into the market. The State Collector now collects the penny from her'.

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260 x 375 mm. extract from the ‘Illustrated London News’ 18 June 1853, page 500.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Careful records are kept of gains in weight made by the calves. At birth the bull calves weigh from 55 lbs. to 69 lbs. and heifer calves from 49 to 59 lbs'.

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Coloured slides, 50 x 50 mm, mostly Kodak, originally stored in a carrying case. They relate to nursing in Nigeria and Ghana.

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85 x 60 mm. On verandah. Abuna, Lake Bosumtwi Rest House.

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Rena Datta's diary of the tour to the Gold Coast and Nigeria. At the front is an account on loose pages of a visit to Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria in 1954 to research and prepare the Aid tour, including notes on these countries.