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85 x 60 mm. Loading trailer.

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Taken on the same occasion as Y304G/13.

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A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'. The negative envelope is numbered '22A'. The negative itself is numbered '27'.

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A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'. The negative envelope is numbered '22'. The negative itself is numbered '30'.

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A print measuring 180 x 130 mm. A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'.

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An undated print of an engraving by J. Basire in two parts, 'Plate 180, No. 103, Vol. 2, p. 388'. The top section shows the 'North prospect of the English and Dutch forts at Akkra, 1727'. Below this are nine drawings of different animals.

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160x105mm. Gateway with soldiers lined up on left.

Scope and Contents The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'All types of major repair work are done in these workshops'. A British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved) which has the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WORKSHOPS, ACCRA, GOLD COASTThe Transport Department Workshops at Accra and Kumasi are staffed almost entirely by African artisans. In Accra they work under the supervision of a European foreman whilst in Kumasi an African chargehand is...

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This file contains notes about tending to the High Commission residence gardens in Accra, Vientiane [Viangchan] and Colombo. (circa 80 sheets).

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200 x 147 mm. A view from the street showing the spacious two storey stone building, with a row of arches on either side of the domed entrance and a verandah on the first floor. The building was commenced in 1913 and opened in May 1915, total cost £27,000.

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A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'. The negative envelope is numbered '58'. The negative itself is numbered '28'.

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A print measuring 180 x 130 mm. A handwritten note, in the same hand as the envelope captions, reads 'Accra 1939 or 1940. March past of Gold Coast Regiment before going to E Africa. Salute taken by H.E. Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor. Regiment com. [?commanded] by Brigadier Richards. This was the only series of photographs taken of it occasion [sic]'.

Scope and Contents 166 x 114 mm. Showing the Prime Minister Dr Kwame Nkrumah opening the debate on constitutional reform in the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast. Sir Emmanuel Quist is seated in the Speaker's chair. The proposals asked Her Majesty's Government for the introduction of a bill declaring the Gold Coast to be an independent sovereign state within the Commonwealth. The Gold Coast was finally granted independence (as Ghana) in March 1957. The lengthy caption on the reverse provides more...

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The caption on the reverse reads: 'Government House, Accra, Gold Coast. The official residence of the Governors of the Gold Coast. Although modernised and considerably enlarged, much of the old Castle remains to remind us of the days when it was designed to protect the early adventurers whose range of authority was the range of their guns'.

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Dr Robinson is in the centre of the group, talking to Kwame Nkrumah. On Robinson’s right is Professor Laurence Cecil Bartlett Gower (b. 1913) Dean of the Faculty of Law, Lagos, 1962-1965, and Vice Chancellor of the University of Southampton, 1971-1979. On the extreme right of the group is Anthony Allott (b. 1924), Reader and later Professor of African Law in the University of London.

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93 x 60 mm. A full length studio portrait of six Hausa soldiers, standing at attention in front of a painted backdrop.

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Photographic card by D.P. Ltd. The Prince was in the Gold Coast in April 1925. During his visit he agreed that Achimota should be called the Prince of Wales School and College. In the photograph, the Prince is on a platform viewing the model; Guggisberg stands on his right.

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An album of photographs, mostly measuring about 140 x 105 mm., bound in leather with the title on the front cover. The University was created by an Act of 22 August 1961 from the former University College of the Gold Coast, founded 1948, which had become the University of Ghana in 1957. Typed captions are stuck under each photograph, which have been used as titles and recorded as found.

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85 x 60 mm. Mammy-chair.

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140 x 105 mm.

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140 x 105 mm.

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200 x 150 mm. This ceremony took place on 24 March 1924; surprisingly, there is no account of it in C.K. Williams ‘Achimota: The Early years’, (1962). Guggisberg is seen on a platform as the stone is lowered.

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200 x 148mm. Showing the letterboxes at the entrance to the post office directly beneath the tower, with a bank of security lockers in the alcove in the background.

Scope and Contents From 1968 to 1973 Benson worked as a mining consultant for the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources in Ghana, from May 1970 under the Special Commonwealth African Assistance Plan as a Technical Assistance Officer. In June 1971, he was responsible for the reorganisation of the Diamond Digger Scheme. Benson’s letters describe inspecting mines, settling disputes over concessions, the running of mining camps, labour relations, illegal mining, diggers’ licenses, the general conduct of the...

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85 x 60 mm.