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Title
Nigerian Eastern railway track, Nigeria, ca. 1936
Creator
Emily Godfrey
Date Created and/or Issued
1931/1941
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
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact the repository for details.
The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description
Black and white photograph showing the Nigerian Eastern railway track. A group of Nigerian young men stand on the grassland next to the track. A bicycle and trunks and other luggage have been placed onto the ground near them. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a general hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
Format
black-and-white photographs
Identifier
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-4-127.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77904
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSCNWW20-1-4-127.jpg
Subject
Railroads
Luggage
Travel
Transport
Railway transport
General views
Time Period
1931/1941
Place
Africa
Nigeria
railroad features
Source
CSCNWW20/1/4/127 [File]
Relation
Emily Godfrey collection; Box 1; Fourth book of photographs (CSCNWW20-1-4)
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

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