| Title |
George Cansdale's collection on the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] 1938-1948 |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y30448V |
| Creator |
Cansdale, George Soper, b 1909 |
| Covering Dates |
1938–1948 |
| Extent and Medium |
97 images; cd; Good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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George Soper Cansdale (b. 1909) was in the Colonial Forest Service of the Gold Coast from 1934 until 1948, when he returned to England to become Superintendent of the Zoological Society of London and to write numerous zoological books and articles.
Many images of woodland and logging scenes. The original numbering of the images has been followed.
Presented by M D Swaine, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, in February 2006.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, George Cansdale's collection on the Gold Coast [i.e. Ghana] 1938-1948, Y30448V |
| Further information |
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See Y30448K for another collection of George Cansdale's photographs on the Gold Coast 1938-1948.
Indexed
This collection level description was entered by WS using information from an excel spreadsheet compiled by M D Swaine.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Ghana |
| Cansdale, George Soper (b 1909) |
| RCS/Y30448V contains: |
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1
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Anfo game trap (Oda?). Showing a man stood beside a trap holding a dead rodent. |
1946 |
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1a
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Anfo game trap (Oda?). A view of the trap. |
1946 |
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2
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Windblown Odum 203 feet high, Oda. Swaine provides the note: 'Odum = Milcia excelsa or M. regia.'. |
1946 |
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3
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Bamboo grove, Oda. |
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4
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Firewood train loaded into station. |
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5
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Buttresses of Dahoma tree, Oda. Swaine provides the note: 'Dahoma = Piptadeniastrum africanum.'. |
1946 |
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6
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C49 the Accra-Kumasi road near Konongo. |
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7
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C89 looking north from Banko, Mampong. |
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8
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C73 Wiawso scarp. |
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9
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An area of serious recurrent wind damage in Goaso District, note the tree twisted off at about 20'. Accompanying this caption, in brackets, is the following: 'Wilson will give you precise locality and further details.'. |
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10
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Excessively buttressed Entandrophragma utile 30 metres north of Kumasi, Ashanti. |
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11
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Unusual felling damage to Ent. utile [Entandrophragma utile?] - the lower part of the trunk split completely open. |
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12
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Roots of Odum, Oda. |
1946 |
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13
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Windblown Odum, Oda. |
1946 |
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14
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Crinum, Juaso. |
1938 |
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15
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Rain flowers, Kumasi. |
1939 |
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16
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Rain flowers, Kumasi, January. |
Jan. 1939 |
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17
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Crinum, Juaso. |
1938 |
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18
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View over savannah woodland near Ejura, Ashanti. The caption continues: 'Looking west September 47. With Cussonia sp., Terminalia spp. Daniellia oliveri, Khaya senegalensis, Lophira procera, Butyrospermum parkii esp ar.' Swaine provides the note: 'Butyrospermum now called Vitellaria paradoxa.'. |
1947 |
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19
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Accra-Keta road. Uncultivated grassland with scattered trees and bushes, south east Ghana coastal path. |
1939 |
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19a
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Accra-Keta road. Uncultivated grassland with scattered trees and bushes, south east Ghana coastal path. |
1939 |
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20
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Juaso, Ashanti. |
1938 |
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21
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George Cansdale. Semi-deciduous high forest, partly farmed in central Ashanti, very broken country. |
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22
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Open grassland, Sampa, North Ashanti. |
1948 |
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23
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View over savannah woodland, Bawku. |
1939 |
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24
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Typical savannah woodland, Bawku. |
1939 |
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25
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Open grassland, Sampa, North Ashanti. |
1948 |
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26
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Large Baobab, Bawku. The caption continues: 'The size of this huge baobab tree is shown by the forest guard at its foot. The wood is useless for timber, Bawku district.' Swaine provides the note: 'Baobab = Adansonia digitata.'. |
1939 |
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27
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Marking out a small log for cutting into flitches and levelling a flitch for resawing. |
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27a
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Marking out a small log for cutting into flitches and levelling a flitch for resawing. |
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28
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Pit sawing, Ashanti. |
1939 |
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28a
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Pit sawing, Ashanti. |
1939 |
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29
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Loading logs on rail, Oda. |
1946 |
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30
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Unloading by ... a rail side, Oda. |
1947 |
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31
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Mahogany logs, Kumasi. The truck is a Ford V8 Pickup. |
1948 |
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32
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Moving logs into position for rail loading, Oda. |
1946 |
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33
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Pit sawing, Ashanti (This method is still used in many parts of the Gold Coast). |
1939 |
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34
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Loading logs on rail, Oda. |
1946 |
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35
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Part of our timber yard at Accra. The caption continues: 'The heavy trucks in the centre are Obeche 12' x 12" x 6" for seasoning. No. 3 page 4.'. |
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36
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Mahogany, Kumasi. |
1948 |
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37
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Log moving. |
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38
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Fishing by baling, Ashanti. |
1938 |
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38a
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Fishing by baling, Ashanti. |
1938 |
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39
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C97-95-96. Kumasi from Wesley College Tower. Bosumtwi hills in distance. |
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39a
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C97-95-96. Kumasi from Wesley College Tower. Bosumtwi hills in distance. |
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39b
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C97-95-96. Kumasi from Wesley College Tower. Bosumtwi hills in distance. |
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39c
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C97-95-96. Kumasi from Wesley College Tower. Bosumtwi hills in distance. |
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40
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A wide belt of this fan palm country runs across the south east corner of the Gold Coast. The caption continues: '3 1/2 wide x 3" deep 2 page 3), Fan palm country near Vuto, Keta.' Swaine provides the note: 'The fan palm is Borrassus aethiopum.'. |
1939 |
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41
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Fan palm country near Vuto, Keta. |
1939 |
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42
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Riverine forest, Keta District. |
1939 |
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43
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Accra Keta road. Typical Accra plains vegetation. Permanent woody growth on an old termite hill. |
1939 |
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44
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Accra Keta road. Typical Accra plains vegetation. Permanent woody growth on an old termite hill. |
1939 |
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44a
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Accra Keta road. Typical Accra plains vegetation. Permanent woody growth on an old termite hill. |
1939 |
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45
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Wind damage area, Mim District. |
1947 |
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46
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Looking south from Ejura - Nkoranza road. Savannah woodland in foreground: high forest beyond U48 2.2. |
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47
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Juaso, Ashanti. |
1938 |
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48
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Road descending the Mampong scarp Ashanti. Forest Reserve covers the hillside above the road. |
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49
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C98 looking west from Wesley College, Kumasi. |
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50
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Erosion on roadside in north west Ashanti. The caption continues: 'Serious erosion is rather uncommon in the Gold Coast, and is seldom seen extensively in high forest. The vegetation here is open savannah forest, rainfall about 50" with one rainy season.'. |
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51
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A typical Anogeissus schimperi at Nkoranza, Ashanti. Swaine provides the note: 'Now called A. leiocarpus.'. |
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52
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On the Kumasi-Bibiani road in south Ashanti, through farmed semi-deciduous forest. |
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53
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Mampong Ashanti, Mampong scarp 1948 dry season, on scarp line. |
1948 |
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54
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Juaso 1948 IR [infra red]. |
1948 |
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55
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Juaso Ashanti 1939 infra red film RVO filter. The hill of P...y.. [?] is seven miles distant and broken outline shows that it has been cut over and farmed. |
1939 |
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56
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Natural gap in high forest, Mim District, Afrormosia elata in centre. Swaine provides the note: 'Afrormosia now known as Pericopsis.'. |
1947 |
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57
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Afrormosia elata, Mim District. |
1947 |
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58
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Juaso, Ashanti, infra red. |
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59
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Juaso, east Ashanti, infra red. |
1947 |
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60
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Riverain forest, Keta District. |
1939 |
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61
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Old thicket, fetish grove, Keta. |
1939 |
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62
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Saltgrass vegetation, Keta. |
1939 |
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63
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Freshwater swamp vegetation, Keta. |
1939 |
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64
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Red sand vegetation, Keta road. |
1939 |
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65
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Clay pan vegetation, Keta road, typical of valley bottom. |
1939 |
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66
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Infra-red shot from Senchi-Accra road. |
1939 |
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67
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Krobo Hills infra red. |
1939 |
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68
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Mangrove firewood on sale at river mouth. |
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69
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Cattle country, Keta. |
1939 |
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70
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Firewood market. This is all mangrove material, Keta. |
1939 |
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71
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Sugar cane, Keta District. |
1939 |
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72
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Bringing in mangrove firewood by canoe. |
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73
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One year farm regrowth in Keta District. |
1939 |
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74
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Volta mouth with coconut palms. |
1939 |
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75
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Young Avicennia nitida mangrove, Keta. |
1939 |
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76
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Riverain forest, Keta District. |
1939 |
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77
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Haemanthus (red filter), Keta. |
1939 |
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78
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Accra Plains, infra red. |
1939 |
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79
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Freshwater swamp vegetation, Keta. The caption continues: 'This wood is known as Ambach and it is used for ... floats in central Africa. One of the few trees in tropical Africa that grows pure.'. |
1939 |
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80
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Teshie lagoon, Accra. |
1939 |
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81
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Baobab country, Keta. |
1939 |
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82
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View over savannah woodland, Bawku District. |
1939 |
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82a
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View over savannah woodland, Bawku District. |
1939 |
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83
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Bawku, Detarium, Savannah woodlands. The caption continues: 'Good quality savannah woodland in south of Bawku District producing good quantities of poles, firewood etc. Mostly Detarium senegalense.'. |
1939 |
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84
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Abandoned farm in savannah woodland, Bawku. |
1939 |
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84a
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Abandoned farm in savannah woodland, Bawku. |
1939 |
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85
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Wind blown Ceiba pentandra. |
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86
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Rain flowers, Kumasi. |
1939 |
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