Colonial Empire introducing West Africa – Vintage Print

Colonial Empire introducing West Africa, 1948 — historic photograph — Colonial Empire introducing West Africa, 1948. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Colonial Empire introducing West Africa

Name: Colonial Empire introducing West Africa — historic photograph print
Brand: Snapshots of the Past
SKU: AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157897
Price: 77.00 USD
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Rather than a scene, this photoprint is a geographical introduction. Its title, "Colonial Empire introducing West Africa," and its cataloguing as a map suggest it was designed to orient viewers to the British territories along the continent's western coast. The Central Office of Information in London issued it in 1948, when Britain was reassessing its colonies after the Second World War and beginning to speak publicly about development and eventual self-government. The record is unverified and the caption card gives little further detail, so the exact territories shown and the intended audience remain uncertain. Still, the piece is a useful sign of how postwar Britain presented its empire to the public.

Created / published	1948
Medium	1 photographic print.
Notes	Photoprint issued by The Central Office of Information, London, published 1948. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Maps.
Source	Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan	1,536 × 1,236 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
Reference	AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157897

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