Niger (state)
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
At Baro. Aug. 1911, 1911-08
75 x 62 mm. Showing European officials walking along a roadway decorated with flags and an archway bearing the legend 'B.K.R. [Baro-Kano Railway] Welcome'. Bell's brief visit to Baro on this occasion is described in Bell (1911), August 26.
Back of a bush house, 1928 - 1939
Baro, 1910
100 x 75 mm. A view from the Niger showing a crowd awaiting Bell's arrival. With the railway terminus in the background.
Baro. 1910, 1910
115 x 77 mm. A view from the Niger showing a crowd awaiting Bell's arrival. With the railway terminus in the background.
Baro. 1910, 1910
204 x 152 mm. A view from a hillside looking down on the railway workshops and terminus at Baro. Work was started on the Baro-Kano line in 1907 and the track, running NE for 350 miles, completed in 1911.
Baro. Feb. 1911, 1911-02
103 x 77 mm. Showing the steamer Sarota moored at Baro, with an arch of welcome bearing the legend 'B.K.R. [Baro-Kano Railway] The staff wish Your Excellency a healthy and pleasant leave'.
Bishop Mort of Northern Nigeria visits a compound at Gaba in the Bida District, greeting the father of Canon Kolo, Vicar of Wusasa, 1955
81 x 118 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Bishop Mort visits a compound in Gaba, 1955
156 x 113 mm. glossy print.
Bishop Mort visits a compound in Gaba, 1955
113 x 156 mm. glossy print.
Departure from Zungeru. Feb. 1911, 1911-02
193 x 132 mm. Showing Bell and other officials walking past a guard of honour on the platform of Zungeru Station on his departure on leave.
Departure from Zungeru. Feb. 1911, 1911-02
192 x 131 mm. Showing Bell (now dressed in civilian clothes) talking to a group of officials on Zungeru Station, with a locomotive at the left and a guard of honour in the background..
Early travelling in Nigeria, 1940 - 1964
An undated typescript description of a journey up the Niger March, 1906, 6 pages. Ward visited Forcados, Borutu, Lokoja, Wechisu and Barajuka before travelling by train to Zungeru and continuing her journey by rail. There is also a two-page manuscript fragment containing an account of part of this journey.
Grand tour, 1913-11-11
Gwen Hall, Pat Goodchild and the Rev. S.A. Mama with villagers, 1962, 1962
105 x 100 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Gwen Hall with villagers, 1962
101 x 103 mm. glossy print with 156 x 154 mm. enlargement and 56 mm. negative.
In the harem of the Emir of Bida. A few of his wives and children, 1910-05
100 x 76 mm. Showing the Emir of Bida surrounded by a large group of women and children. The photograph was taken during a tour of the Southern Provinces made by Bell in May 1910 and which is described in the printed report of the journey into the scrapbook beneath the photograph.
[My office at Zungeru. 1911], 1911
105 x 77 mm. Showing Bell seated at work at a desk in his office.
My office at Zungeru. 1911, 1911
100 x 74 mm. Showing Bell seated at work at a desk in his office.
Nupe village in the Bida area: Patricia Goodchild admiring a baby, 1961, 1961
155 x 108 mm. glossy print with copy.
Pat Goodchild teaching with ‘flannel graph’, 1962
100 x 102 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Pat Goodchild teaching with ‘flannel graph’, 1962
100 x 102 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Reception at Baro, Sept. 1911, 1911-09
Rijau: double swarm of bees, 1928 - 1939
Robin Blackall learning language, 1962, 1962
101 x 102 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.
Robin Blackall learning language, 1962, 1962
101 x 102 mm. glossy print with 56 mm. negative.