Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Fort Williams Cape Coast
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Cape Coast (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.
Fort Williams atop a hill overlooking Cape Coast, background, and buildings of Cape Coast, foreground, circa 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Fort Williams on a Hill & Part of Cape Coast under the Hill." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Cape Coast (Ghana)
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 11 x 15 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170055
Collection: West African photographs