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Buildings and Warehouses along the River Niger

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A photograph depicting buildings and warehouses along the River Niger with palm oil storage.
Buildings and warehouses along the River Niger, photographed by William Henry Crosse between 1886 and 1895.

A photograph depicting buildings and warehouses along the River Niger. The image shows a series of low-profile, single-story buildings with gabled roofs and a long, open-fronted warehouse containing stacked raw materials, likely palm oil, as indicated by the metadata. The shoreline is reinforced with wooden pilings and a pier extending over the water. Several human figures in light-colored clothing are dispersed across the cleared area, and large cylindrical drums are situated near the buildings. The background features a dense, continuous canopy of trees, providing a high contrast against an overexposed sky. This record is part of the Crosse Collection, taken during his tenure as Principal Medical Officer for the Royal Niger Company between 1886 and 1895.

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