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Title
Awaiting inaugural train, Kumasi, Ghana, 1903
Creator
Ramseyer, Friedrich August
Date Created and/or Issued
1903
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 06622
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
People are shown lining the tracks in both directions as they watch for the first train to arrive at the station at Kumasi, October 1, 1903. Some military officers are seen near the large umbrellas shading dignitaries, possibly.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 6.5 cm x 9 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg044-0001-0114.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82819
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg044-0001-0114.jpg
Subject
Railway transport
General views
Time Period
1903
Place
Africa
Ghana
Kumasi
Source
IMP/YDS/RG044/0001/0114 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
image/tiff
impa-m980

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