Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Fort Firmenger, Quittah [Keta] Ghana
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Keta Ghana -- Photographs
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 Firmenger, a small cylinder shaped concrete house encircled with a moat, in Keta (formerly, Quittah), Ghana, between 1877-1895. A single door and several verticle firing ports are evident. A soldier is standing beforethe doorway and two soldiers within the doorway. A worker is standing in the moat. Assuming that the door is 5' in heigth, the structure is approximately 12' in heigth while the diameter is approximately 15' across the top and 25' at its base. Accompanying inscription reads, "Fort Firmenger Quittah." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Keta Ghana -- Photographs
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 13.5 x 21 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170035
Collection: West African photographs