Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Bologun House Lagos
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
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.
House and yard in Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. Among the Africans pictured in the yard is a women, 2nd from the left, with a Ghanaian hairstyle. Also pictured is a large camera on a tripod. Accompanying inscription reads, "Front View of Bolugun House Lagos." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 15 x 20 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170002
Collection: West African photographs