Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Accra Singers in front of Bolugun House, Lagos, Nigeria
ca. 1890
Africa; Accra (Ghana)
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.
Group of singers, foreground, in front of a house in Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. A European and a well dressed African women watching from the balcony, background. Accompanying inscription reads, "In Attitude of Fishing Bolugun House Lagos." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- ca. 1890
- Recorded places
- Africa; Accra (Ghana)
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 21 x 16 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170004
Collection: West African photographs