IDNO

N.169123.GIJ

Description

Railway passenger carriages waiting at a station. There are two men standing outside on the footrest of one carriage. There are wearing long white kaftan robes over trousers and head caps. The man in the foreground is looking down at the ground, possibly about to step down from the carriage? The other man is standing behind the tailgate of the next carriage and is looking towards the camera.
Passengers in the carriage at the centre looking out of the windows with their arms resting on the window ledges.
There is a woman standing in the foreground beside the carriages. He is wearing a conical striped woollen cap and long sleeved printed cloth shirt with a geometric pattern, and a printed cloth wrapper with a striped design around her waist and legs. She has her back to the camera. She is carrying an infant in a cloth wrapped around her waist. The infant is asleep.
Behind the woman, a man is walking alongside the carriage. He is wearing a long robe draped over his shoulder, over a long sleeved shirt. He is head is shaven and bare. He is carrying a long walking stick.
In the distance a woman is standing. She is wearing a printed head cloth, and shirt-sleeved blouse and a wrapper around her waist and legs. She is talking to passengers on the train. [PB 09/02/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Jones, Ursula

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.169075.GIJ - P.169626.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C753/.

N.169115.GIJ - N.169129.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/2.