IDNO

N.170433.GIJ

Description

A scene in Lagos of police clearing an area for a play. The police are dressed in khaki shorts and tops, wearing berets and holding sticks. In the background is a group of spectators. A three story building is behind made of concrete blocks consisting of a shop on the ground floor with the sign “Alhaji Ibrahim Saidu” above large wooden doors, windows with shutters on the first and second floors are open with spectators watching, some with balconies. Also visible are power lines. [Description from record N.51091.GIJ, PB 28/11/2023]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Lagos

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

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

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.170298.GIJ - ??? were located as loose photos and envelopes in an folder box now numbered C760/.

N.170407.GIJ - N.170437.GIJ were located in a cream coloured envelope, now numbered C760/5.