Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Fort Victoria, 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.
Fort Victoria as seen from the foot of the hill upon which it stands, between 1877-1895. In foreground is a brick building and, in the immediate foreground, a stick fence. The fort is barely visible due to fading. Accompanying inscription reads "Fort Victoria Cape Coast." Photographer unknown.
- Collection
- West African photographs
- Catalog date
- [between 1877-1895]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Cape Coast (Ghana)
- Recorded subjects
- Forts
- Format and extent
- 1 Print (albumen., b&w, 11 x 15 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170051
Collection: West African photographs