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Welcome ceremony for arrival of Sir Claude and Lady Ethel MacDonald, Old Calabar

1895

Old Calabar (Nigeria)

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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.

Original caption reads "Landing of Sir Claude and Lady [Ethel] MacDonald. O. Calabar." Similar print of arrival is in the Macdonald Calabar Photographic Album, EEPA 1996-190023. Image is published in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, on page 197.

Collection
Nigeria photograph album
Catalog date
1895
Recorded places
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Cataloged creator or photographer
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905
Format and extent
1 Photographic print (B/W)
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This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

Source collection ↗

Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0041

Collection: Nigeria photograph album

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