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G.F. Packer

George Packer worked as a photographer and missionary for the Church Missionary Society in Onitsha in the late 1800s. He recorded the people and religious life of the area. His photos can be found in the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Royal Commonwealth Society.

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Trader from Timbuctou and Rich Trading Woman, Onitsha. c. 1889.

Trader from Timbuctou and Rich Trading Woman

This photograph, taken by G.F. Packer in 1889 and housed in the Pitt Rivers Museum, features a trader from Timbuktu on the right and a rich trading woman on the left, possibly a member of the Onitsha women's Otu Odu …