Greater Accra Region (region)
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Loading passengers + cocoa from surf boats off Accra, 1940
The negative envelope is numbered '1'.
Loading passengers + cocoa from surf boats off Accra, 1940
The negative envelope is numbered '1'.
Loading passengers + cocoa from surf boats off Accra, 1940
The negative envelope is numbered '1'.
Loading passengers + cocoa from surf boats off Accra, 1940
The negative envelope is numbered '1'.
Loading passengers + cocoa from surf boats off Accra, 1940
The negative envelope is numbered '1'.
[March past of Gold Coast Regiment], 1940-06
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 '21'.
[March past of Gold Coast Regiment], 1940-06
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]'.
[March past of Gold Coast Regiment], 1940-06
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 '21'.
[March past of Gold Coast Regiment], 1940-06
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 '21'.
[March past of Gold Coast Regiment], 1940-06
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 '21'.
Members of the College Athletic Team waiting their turn for practice, 1945
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Every year s big Athletic Meeting is held [sic], at which all the leading Schools and Colleges compete for the coveted 'Aggrey trophy''.
Members of the staff live in bungalows arranged around the outer edge of the compound, 1945
Showing the entrance and verandah of a staff bungalow.
Miss Mensah goes to vote, 1951-02
111 x 160 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'The last stage in Miss Mensah's voting. She drops her marked and folded paper in the sealed ballot box'. It continues, at length, to give details about the elections.
M.K. Olympic, Veterinary Assistant in charge of the Farm, 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'He has been in the service of the Department of Animal Health for over fifteen years. In addition to organising and supervising the growing of the crops, he carries out all routine Veterinary duties such as innoculations, post-mortems, blood examinations, etc'.
Native woman, Accra, 1884-02-25
56 x 91 mm. A full length studio portrit of an African woman wearing a petterned skirt and a pinafore, her hair arranged in two upstanding ponytails on either side of her head.
Old Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1924
The caption on the reverse reads: 'Old Accra, Gold Coast. One of the squalid streets in old Accra which latter is steadily disappearing and giving way to broad highways and well-built dwelling-houses'.
Guggisberg stated: '...one of the congested quarters of Accra with its tumble-down hovels, its naked babies, its drainless street, a delightful scene... ' (Guggisberg, Gold Coast News, no. 25).
One of the Assistants to the Principal, Mr. H.C. Neill, 1945
Portrait of H.C. Neill seated at his desk. The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'who has been on the staff since 1926 and is in charge of the Secondary Department'.
One of the Assistants to the Principal, Mr. J.R. Marshall who has been on the staff of the College since 1929, 1945
Portrait of J.R. Marshall seated at his desk. The typewritten caption on the reverse continues 'and is in charge of Post-Matriculation classes and the Teacher Training Department'.
One of the cows being milked at the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Milking takes place twice daily and all milk yields are carefully recorded'.
One of the girls' Boarding Houses, 1945
Exterior view of the two storey building.
Orange seller. Accra market, 1939
The negative envelope is numbered '9'.
Painting a mural at Achimota, 1900 - 1947
See Y30448H/86
Part of our timber yard at Accra, 1938 - 1948
The caption continues: 'The heavy trucks in the centre are Obeche 12' x 12" x 6" for seasoning. No. 3 page 4.'
Part of the Foundation Herd of white Fulani cows drinking at the dam on the Department of Animal Health Experimental Livestock Farm near Accra, Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana], 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'On the plains to the east of Accra, there is a serious water shortage both for stock and human beings. The dam built on the farm has proved very satisfactory, and in spite of the considerable surface evaporation, the dairy and other herds of cattle can be well supplied with water throughout the season'.
[Railway under construction], 1953 - 1954
'Section of the new railway under construction'.