Ghana-West Africa photograph album
odd: label: General note
content: Title provided by EEPA staff.
name: label: Names
content: Aburi Garden
place: label: Place
content: Freetown (Sierra Leone)
label: Place
content: Tamale (Ghana)
label: Place
content: Takoradi (Ghana)
label: Place
content: Volta River (Ghana)
label: Place
content: Teshi (Ghana)
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Achimota (Ghana)
label: Place
content: Accra (Ghana)
topic: label: Topic
content: Cultural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Natural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Domestic scenes
label: Topic
content: Police
label: Topic
content: Parades
label: Topic
content: Soldiers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of an album containing 104 photographic prints dating from circa 1946. The photographs depict British soldiers and native police, landscape views, a Victory Day parade, and scenes of daily life in and around Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Accra, Achimota, Takoradi, Teshi and Tamale in Ghana. Also included are images of the Volta River, the Oburi (Aburi) Gardens near Accra, and Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or Christiansborg Castle), the seat of government in Ghana.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Bryna Freyer is a curator at the National Museum of African Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 104 Photographic prints (album)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1946
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Bryna Freyer, 2005.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2005-014
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Albums
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits