- Collection type
- Photograph
- Description
- Men in small boats sending barrels of palm oil out to waiting ships. The ships are most likely part of the German Woermann Linie. Men seated on the beach are watching from a distance in the foreground.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date of photograph: 1900 - 1910
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 13/02/2015
- Photographic process
- Negative glass plate gelatin
- Dimensions
- Height x Width 105 x 80 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2015.22.851
Search terms: Trade, Landscape/View
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