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Ebute Ero Market

[between 1877-1895]

Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

View of a road lined with bamboo structures with thatched roofs. Before the huts are canoes, potttery and firewood, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Ebute Ero Market Lagos." Photographer unknown.

Collection
West African photographs
Catalog date
[between 1877-1895]
Recorded places
Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
Format and extent
1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 14 x 20 cm.)
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Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170090

Collection: West African photographs

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