Photograph of four West African children

PR/701/3/25

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Silver gelatin postcard by unknown photographer, printed in Germany. No. 50 in a series. Image shows four unidentified West African children standing outside a row of tin shacks. The girl in middle wearsa patterned cloth wrap around her waist while the toddler next to her on left wears a long sleeved shift dress. From the collection of William John Roberts, Liverpool-born merchant for The Lagos Stores, Ltd. Based in Nigeria, 1912-1914.