Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Benjamin Dawodus Warehouse, Lagos
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
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.
Front of the Benjamin Dawodus Ready Produce Warehouse, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Group of around forty men posing before the building. One man seated in a large wicker chair. Sign above the main door states, "BENJAMIN DAWODUS READY PRODUCE WAREHOUSE," and is subtitled, "EYIOWU AWI." Accompanying inscription reads, "Outside view of Benjamin Dawdu's Warehouse Lagos." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 15 x 20 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170031
Collection: West African photographs