Nigeria (nation)
Found in 1850 Collections and/or Records:
Ogwofia Maternity Home, 1940 - 1949
Interior view of ward.
Ogwofia. Maternity Home. View of Veranda, 1940 - 1949
The pencilled annotation on the reverse reads 'Maternity Home. Built by voluntary labour. Village subscribed about £160. Co-op shop provided £65. N.A. [Native Administration] provided £100 for roof [word covered by tape] 30 for [rest of annotation covered by tape]'.
Ogwofia village, 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Road signs put up in vernacular in Westermann script'. A pencilled annotation offers a translation of the two words appearing on the road sign - 'Be careful. Children-in-arms'.
Ogwofia. Village centre in early stage, 1940 - 1949
Ogwofia village. Close-up of Sub-Dispensary, 1940 - 1949
The title is both typed and annotated on the reverse.
Ogwofia village. Incinerator at village centre, 1940 - 1949
Showing the incinerator (in the form of a mud kiln) in the centre of the village. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Other buildings on left - model latrines and Reading Room'. The pencilled annotation adds 'Incinerator just completed Rubbish dump extreme right with maternity[?] home under construction behind'.
Ogwofia village. Making bricks for maternity home, 1940 - 1949
Showing villagers moulding clay under the supervision of a European administrator. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Bricks when burnt were found to be too soft, so village bought bricks from Enugu'. The pencilled annotation adds 'European in background Mr E R Chadwick[?] District Officer'.
Ogwofia village. Model latrines at village centre, 1940 - 1949
Exterior view of the corrugated-iron latrines. A typewritten caption (which duplicates most of a pencilled annotation) on the reverse reads 'They are for propaganda purposes to persuade individuals to use bore-hole latrines with washable cement seats'. The annotation differs only in the addition of the word 'portable' after the word 'cement'.
Oji River Leper Centre administration buildings, 1930 - 1939
A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: A.F.C. Savory, Welfare Officer, with locally made pottery which Queen Elizabeth II saw during her visit, 1956
155 x 115 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: baptism in the river, 1956
118 x 80 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: blind patient reading Braille, 1961
119 x 83 mm. glossy print with copy and two enlargements.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: blind patients weaving baskets, 1961
119 x 82 mm. glossy print with copy and two enlargements.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: blind patients working in fields, 1961
82 x 119 mm. glossy print with two copies and two enlargements.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: Chapel of the Transfiguration, built largely by patients, 1956
155 x 115 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: clearing undergrowth, 1950 - 1961
80 x 79 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: clearing undergrowth, 1950 - 1961
80 x 79 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: egg grading room, 1950 - 1961
80 x 79 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: egg grading room, 1950 - 1961
80 x 79 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: examining contents of the Yam Barn, 1950 - 1961
80 x 79 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: examining Yam Barn, 1950 - 1961
80 x 79 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: feeding rabbits, 1956 - 1961
151 x 155 mm. glossy print.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: Geoffrey Manger, Settlement Agriculturist, 1950 - 1961
194 x 190 mm. glossy print.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement: inside the Chapel of the Transfiguration, 1956
155 x 115 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Oji River Leprosy Settlement, near Enugu: Mrs A. Savory, CMS Missionary on the Welfare Staff with young patients, 1956
155 x 115 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.