Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

University of Southern California

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USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"Frequent callers are Evangelist J. U. Akpan and Brother Essien." A portrait of J. U. Akpan a Christian evangelist in Ikot Usen, Nigeria. This photograph comes from an album that …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"The fishwives carry their stock-in-trade ashore to be hawked in the busy streets of the city." Fish traders carry the days catch into the city of Lagos for sale at …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"Each canoe is carved from a single log. Much of the freight of inland Nigeria is carried by these frail, buoyant craft." Two canoes that carry imported goods to inland …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

‘A Revival meeting at a village church. A European friend is giving her testimony while, with the loudspeaker, (wavy wire belongs to it) an evangelist is interpreting.’ Interior view of …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"The Ikot Usen brethren and visitors gather at a stream a mile from the village for baptismal service." A baptismal service. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"We enter the grounds of the Port Harcourt government rest house, which is more comfortable [than] the hotels of Lagos." The Port Harcourt government rest house where American missionaries from …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"Then a number of fishermen pull the great net together, and if they have been lucky they may catch -" Fishermen bringing nets into fishing boats off of Lagos, Nigeria. …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"Where some friendly brethren and a crowd of naked little boys have been waiting for hours to see us." A crowd of local boys and Christians greet Boyd Reese and …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"and see our neighbor's house almost hidden in its garden of yams." A house and a garden in Ikot Usen, Nigeria. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred …


USC: University of Southern California · 1950 English

"We registered at the Bristol but found that we were expected to stay in the 'annexe [sic]'" An exterior view of the Hotel Bristol in Lagos, Nigeria. This photograph comes …