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78 x 100 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge.

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78 x 100 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge.

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78 x 103 mm. A view showing an African tapping a wild Funtumia tree with the aid of climbing slings and a gouge. Photograph probably by Christy.

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114 x 157 mm. A full length portrait of a seated Hausa woman, with a woven mat hanging behind her. The bindings on her arms and legs are explained in the continuation of the caption: '...dying fingernails red, and feet black. Hands are kept for a considerable time in a casing made from a calabash. The feet are wrapped up in dye and bandaged for several days.'

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82 x 55 mm. Possibly same village as RCMS 363/4/28.

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102 x 59 mm. Showing a row of dancing Africans, with the principal dancer in the foreground facing the camera. Probably taken at the Accession Proclamation 1910.

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103 x 59 mm. Showing a group of Africans, probably at Okigwi, seated around a pile of woven palm mats.

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103 x 59 mm. Showing four African men seated at the roadside.

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The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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102 x 59 mm. Showing the completed wooden frameworks of the new military lines at Ogoja, ready for thatching.

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102 x 59 mm. Showing a group of Africans constructing the circular wooden framework for the roof of the house.

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Scrapbooks of newscuttings from the British press regarding the Nigerian civil war with a few loose cuttings and other papers extracted from the albums. Volumes VI-VIII are missing.

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The principal part of the collection is a set of thirteen scrapbooks of newscuttings relating to East Africa, particularly Kenya and Tanganyika. The rest of the collection consists of a volume of cuttings relating to post-war trading opportunities in Nigeria and three scrapbooks concerning rubber and mining in South East Asia.

Scope and Contents Seventy-nine pages of newscuttings from 'The Beira News and East Coast Chronicle' concerning East Africa, particularly its industry and commerce. The principal topics are the maize market, Zambesi coalfields, the political and economic future of Rhodesia, including the role of the British South Africa Company in the region, Nyasaland tobacco, and the development of ports and railways, notably at Beira and in Rhodesia. Other countries featured in the scrapbook include the Belgian Congo,...

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Scrapbooks of newcuttings from the Nigerian and British Press relating to the Royal Visit.

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Editions of four newspapers containing articles on the Royal Visit.

Scope and Contents Showing the village hall under construction. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The most ambitious building project undertaken by any village was that at Ngwo Uno where the people undertook to build a large village hall. It could not be completed owing to the lack of roofing materials, so a room in one corner was roofed and used as a Sub-Dispensary'. The pencilled annotation differs slightly and has the additional phrase 'in Udi Division' appearing after the words 'by any ...

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Collection of 91 glass negatives, 106 x 80 mm; 3 negatives on film, 90 x 60 mm; and 3 modern prints, 150 x 120 mm. Many of the negatives lack descriptive captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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155 x 107 mm. glossy print.

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157 x 110 mm. glossy print with copy.

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155 x 105 mm. glossy print.

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111 x 107 mm. glossy print with two 156 x 109 copies.

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111 x 111 mm. glossy print with two copies.

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112 x 155 mm. glossy print with three copies.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of prints and negatives chiefly taken by Frank E. Joselin while on the staff of Achimota College, Ghana, between Jan. 1930 and Nov. 1947. This material falls into five groups: aerial views of Achimota taken in Jan.1931, later views including some taken from the tower, scenes following the Accra earthquake of 23 June 1939, the visit of the Asantehene in 1946, and portraits of the college’s first principal Rev. Alexander Garden Fraser and Assistant Vice Principal J.E.K. Aggrey. ...