Janus: Sydney Tyers album

RCS/Y305K contains:
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16	Tennis grounds, Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], erected by Major Tyers R.M.L.I. [i.e. Royal Marine Light Infantry]
17	Fancy dress group of children at Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad]
18	Cape Point [i.e. Kaappunt] and Lighthouse
19	Musketry Camp, Red Hill, S.T. [i.e. Simon's Town, now known as Simonstad]
20	Tennis Courts, Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad], with third court added
21	Ushers [Ussher] Fort Accra, 26th Feby 1884
22	Cabinda, W.C. of Africa
23	Cabinda, W.C. of Africa
24	San Thomas' [i.e. Sao Tome] Island
25	Cape Town
26	Native woman, Accra
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Sydney Tyers album

Title	Ushers [Ussher] Fort Accra, 26th Feby 1884
Reference	Y305K/21
Covering Dates	26 Feb. 1884
Extent and Medium	Fair condition, some yellowing.

Content and context

201 x 134 mm. Showing African troops on parade with three small field pieces in a courtyard in Ussher Fort. The European officer in command is unidentified. The fort dates back to 1642 when the Dutch built a lodge on the site; ten years later the lodge was enlarged and fortified and named Fort Creve Coer and after various periods of occupation and abandonment, was shattered by an earthquake in 1862. The fort was transferred from Dutch to English authority on 4th January 1868 and was renamed Fort Ussher after Herbert Taylor Ussher, Administrator of the Gold Coast from 1867-1872.

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Indexed

CN 439.

Index Terms

Africa

Ghana

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