Benjamin Dawodus Warehouse, 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, 15 x 20 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 1995-170031
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.