IDNO

N.169438.GIJ

Description

A portrait of three of G.I .Jones' travelling companions standing in the sea, with the water up to their knees. On the left, a man in dark swim shorts with a pith helmet, with his back to the camera and his arms folded, in the centre a man in dark swim shorts with a wide brimmed hat, facing the camera, holding a folded knife in both hands, and to the right a man in a homburg hat and beach towel, facing the camera with his hands on his hips. The towel has with word 'Company' in reverse. In the background is a low tree-covered cliff. [PB 22/06/23]

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

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

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

N.169437.GIJ - N.169460.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/13.