cover image: Market place, Lagos, Nigeria, ca. 1934

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Market place, Lagos, Nigeria, ca. 1934

Black and white photograph showing Ereko marketplace in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria. A man shading himself from the sun under an umbrella stops at a stall where a lady sells fresh produce and vessels. A girl and a boy stand behind the man. This photograph id printed with "77. Ereko, Lagos", suggesting that it has been commercially produced. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
trade markets marketplaces exterior views

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77807
Date published
1929/1939
Dates
1929/1939
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Africa Lagos Lagos state Nigeria commercial sites
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-1-188.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/97d593ebe8f644d982597e5e53c742b6

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