Sir H. McCallum, colonial staff, and the Chiefs of Hinterland traveling over portion of first British Railway, Lagos
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: EEPA 1995-024-0015
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Lagos (Nigeria)
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Government and politics -- chiefs
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content: W. H. Himbury photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 13.9 x 21.1 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240015
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
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content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Original caption reads: "Sir H. McCallum and staff taking Chiefs of Hinterland over portion of first British Railway, 1897." Four railway carts are filled to capacity with chiefs and their entourages. Each cart has "Lagos Government Railway" painted on it. Sir McCallum and Chiefs sit in the lead cart.