cover image: Calabar, Nigeria, 1943

Calabar, Nigeria, 1943

Black and white photograph showing a scene at the port of Calabar in southeast Nigeria. A crowd disembarks from a ship, and loading cranes can be seen. Passengers move around the harbour with their luggage. The image was taken in December 1943. 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 medical facility run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria.
harbours ships harbors docks topographical views

Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77951
Date published
1938/1948
Dates
1938/1948
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Africa Calabar Cross River Nigeria harbors
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-5-88.tif
Rights
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/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/d3008a7eeeeec4ad7ec43fd0f6c18dd6

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