Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Murphy Street Upper Town, Axim, Gold Coast Colony
[ca. 1920]
Africa; Ghana; Ghana, -- Western Region, -- Axim
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.
View of a town street. Stamp box reads: "Printed in Germany." Item number on verso: "210670.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1920]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Ghana; Ghana, -- Western Region, -- Axim
- Recorded subjects
- Cityscape photography; Architecture -- Africa; Cultural landscapes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1993-019-0021
Collection: African Postcard Collection