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Title
Group building a hut, Nigeria, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"House building. West Africa." Photograph of a man and a group of women and children constructing a circular hut made of wooden poles. A group of women are sitting by the side of the structure, an older woman and small child stand on the opposite side. Approximately five children and a woman are standing outside the hut. Large trees are seen in the background.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Copyright. The C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos." The back also has a printed caption: "This is a real photograph. Printed in England." (Church Missionary Society)
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13792 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-016-0000-0056
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13792
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-016-0000-0056.jpg
Subject
Housing construction
Indigenous populations
Rural areas
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Nigeria
Source
YDS/RG101/016/0000/0056 [File]

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