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See Y3044H/32

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See Y30448H/68

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Tennis is becoming increasingly popular, and there is a flourishing students club. The members in this group come from three different British West African Colonies'.

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'Probably a site office'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'A uniform maintenance ration is given to all cows as they are of a uniform size and weight'.

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Showing a group of girls in conversation at the entrance to the Girls' Boarding House.

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Showing a small group of girls in conversation.

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'Staff quarters and a section of newly constructed road in the foreground'.

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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 '8'.

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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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The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'seven miles from the college, where they do their teaching practice'.

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General view of the building. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'On the ground floor are the Staff Common Room, and the offices of the Principal, the Assistant to the Principal and the Bursar; on the first floor are the Library and Museum; on the second floor is the Chapel. Pupils are seen dispersing to classrooms after morning chapel'.

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Heads and shoulders portrait.

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Showing pupils performing experiments during a biology lesson. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'In an Agricultural country, Biology forms an essential part of the Science Course'.

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Showing a police trainee in the canteen storeroom.

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Showing a student selecting type in the college printing offices. The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'which takes on outside orders, as well as fulfilling College requirements. It is particularly well equipped for printing in Vernacular languages'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The type of country seen in the background is typical of the Accra plains. It is only five miles from the sea, 50 feet above sea level and receives an annual rainfall of approximately 30 inches'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Supplementary feeding is given on arrival at the kraals. Types of cows other than the pure White Fulani can be seen. These are unimproved indigenous types from Northern Nigeria'.

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View looking along the chapel during morning prayers.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Veterinary officer in Accra, Mr. S. Simpson, Mr.R.C.V.S. [sic] pays frequent visits to the farm to see that the stock is maintained in good health'.

Scope and Contents A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). With the exception of 255A, they each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'In 1943, it was decided that a supply of clean wholesome milk was required for the Gold Coast Colony. Fresh milk is not a normal article of diet of the people in the Gold Coast, although near Accra and in certain areas in the Northern Territories, milk from the indigenous cows is consumed in small quantities. The first...

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Cows in milk and with calves are kept separate from the calf cows and fed accordingly. A marked improvement has been observed in the milk yield of the cows and the birth weights of the calves as the result of feeding the cows well or 'steaming' up before calving'.

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Showing an African assistant demonstrating food selection to two pupils. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The selection of food is as important as preparing it'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'All pupils take Central Science as part of their course'.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved) measuring 255 x 210 mm. They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Achimota College, in the Gold Coast seven miles inland from Accra is West Africa's great co-educational boarding school, where 600 West African boys and girls receive as complete an education as European or American children. It is a secondary school, teacher's training college and university rolled into one, and in planning,...