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GHANA 14. 286 photographs and postcards showing railway construction and housing...
Catalogue reference: CO 1069/41
What’s it about?
This record is about the GHANA 14. 286 photographs and postcards showing railway construction and housing... dating from 1908-1912 in the series Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 1069/41
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1908-1912
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Description (What the record is about)
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GHANA 14. 286 photographs and postcards showing railway construction and housing and sewerage problems in the Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and French West Africa, sent to the Colonial Office under cover of Despatch 305 dated 1 May 1912. The piece also includes maps and plans.
Photographs, postcards, maps and plans are individually described at item level.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Please note that some photographs in this piece are duplicated in piece CO 1069/45 and that photographs separated from the Report GOV 9894/12 G[old] C[oast] in piece CO 1069/53 are to be found in this piece.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 286 photographs and postcards
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Restrictions on use (Information on restrictions to the use or reproduction of the material)
- Some photographs may remain in copyright
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library: Photograph Collection Catalogue: Africa: Ghana 14
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11338948/
Series information
CO 1069
Colonial Office and successors: Photographic Collection
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GHANA 14. 286 photographs and postcards showing railway construction and housing...
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