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Our First Camp at Port Harcourt


Although the Governor of Southern Nigeria Sir Frederick Lugard had identified the spot for the new settlement in 1912 it was not until 1913 that work got underway for its construction.

The reverse explains a little more about the scene:

Our first camp at Port Harcourt where we landed on 6th November 1913.


Nigeria | Dr William Edward Glover's Photographs | Dr William Edward Glover's Photographs of Pre-WW1 Nigeria |



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