Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
R.B. Blaize's 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.
Right front view of a two story stone house belonging to R.B. Blaize, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1877-1895. The house lies directly behind the beach at the bay in Lagos. Pictured alongside the house is a print shop advertising its services with the sign, "PRINTING and BOOKBINDING NEATLY EXECUTED HERE." Accompanying inscription reads, "R.B. Blaize's House Lagos." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Lagos (Nigeria)
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 15 x 21 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170026
Collection: West African photographs