Martini's Street, Lagos
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Lagos (Nigeria)
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content: West African photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 11 x 15.5 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [between 1877-1895]
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Enrica Sturani, 1995.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170047
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Martini's Street, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. One and two story buildings line the unpaved road. Man poses for camera against a monument which stands in the center of the road. The way is blocked on the right side of the monument by stacks of firewood and a mound of soil. Accompanying inscription reads, "Matini's street Lagos." Photographer unknown.