Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

University of Southern California

Selected items with African Origination


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USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"This crane loads palm oil nuts into barges at the Elder-Dempster Line pier. We were ordered off this pier by an impudent red-head." A crane loading goods into a waiting …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"to Balogun St. where the 'annexe [sic]' was situated in" A street scene in Lagos, Nigeria. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred Echols and Boyd Reese's visit …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"although the shops were rather small and crowded together." An exterior view of some shops on a street in Lagos, Nigeria. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"And so we say good-bye to Nigeria as the Speedbird heads for the Gold Coast." An airplane leaves the airport in Lagos, Nigeria bound for Accra, Ghana. This photograph comes …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"it would be impossible for big banana boats like this one to reach Lagos." A freighter outside of Lagos, Nigeria. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred Echols …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"a more modern residence that might belong to a Mohammedan prince or a rich trader," An exterior view of a house on Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria. This photograph comes from …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"Another goes in, until thirty in all are baptized." A baptismal candidate enters the river to be baptized. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred Echols and Boyd …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"From the Hotel to the airport was a two-mile walk." An exterior view of a hotel outside of Lagos, Nigeria with Boyd Reese, American missionary from Churches of Christ, pictured …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

On the left, the classroom, in the background, the carpentry workshop.


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"The fine, hand-woven nets are dropped in a wide circle by the boatmen," A fisherman casting his nets near Lagos, Nigeria. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred …