Lagos (state)
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Old slave trail [historic title], 1932
110 x 153 mm. glossy print.
[Plant ecology student, Higher College, Yaba, c.1947], 1947
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Having a natural interest in plant ecology, this student at the Higher College is training to become a Forestry Officer. His name is M.C.K. Ajuluchuku'.
School of Medicine, 1940 - 1959
126 x 116 mm. Showing students studying specimens under microscopes. The caption on the reverse reads 'Part 3 At the African Hospital - Students at work in the Department of Pathology, African Hospital, Lagos'.
Senior students at dinner at the Higher College, 1947
Showing a table in the canteen. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The housemaster sits at the far end of the table'.
Sir W. Egerton's yacht 'Joy', 1906 - 1912
103 x 77 mm. Showing Sir Walter Egerton's yacht 'Joy', moored offshore, probably at Lagos. Sir Walter Egerton was Governor of Southern Nigeria from 1906-1912.
Steam yacht 'Corona', 1908 - 1912
105 x 76 mm. Showing the paddle-steamer Corona lying offshore, possibly at Lagos.
Students at work in the Chemistry Laboratory at the Higher College, Yaba, Nigeria, 1947
Students at work in the Physics Laboratory at the Higher College, 1947
Students studying Proto-zoology at the Higher College, 1947
Swamp. Apapa, 1928 - 1939
The Acting Principal of the Higher College, Mr. W.H. Thorpe, 1947
Portrait seated at his desk. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He has spent 19 years with the Education Department in Nigeria'.
The staff of the Higher College, Yaba, Nigeria, 1947
Group portrait of staff.
The Student's Hostel at the Higher College, Yaba, Nigeria, 1947
General view of the two storey stone building, with pupils in the foreground.
The young daughter of a member of the staff makes friends with Mrs. I.H. Howard (Press Officer in the Public Relations Department), 1947
Two of Nigeria's future civil engineers listen to a talk on pile-driving by Mr. J. Hoskins, Technical Instructor at the Higher College, 1947
U.K. Prime Minister Harold Wilson with journalists on arrival at Lagos, Nigeria, in January 1966 for the Commonwealth conference called to discuss the Rhodesian crisis, 1966-01
Collection of black and white press agency and official photographs (including 5 duplicates) relating to developments during 1965-80, from the time of Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of Independence (UDI) until the emergence of the republic of Zimbabwe. Many were collected to illustrate articles in 'Commonwealth in Focus', and some were reproduced in the 'Commonwealth in Focus' exhibition 1982. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.