Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Cape Coast
[between 1877-1895]
Africa; Cape Coast (Ghana)
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 the shoreline at Cape Coast, between 1877-1895. The beach is crowded with boats and sheds. In the background are thatched roofed buildings. Accompanying inscription reads, "Landing Place, Cape Coast." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Cape Coast (Ghana)
- Recorded subjects
- Boats
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen, b&w, 10 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170049
Collection: West African photographs