Original title reads, "Roll on workers carrying bags of groundnuts or peanuts up side of a nascent pyramid, on the premises of P.S. Mandrides &Co, Ltd, Kano. Mandrides' oil mill is one of the largest in Nigeria. The workers are almost all Hausa, they are paid from 7 to 10 shillings a day. The bags contain shelled peanuts." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
Local Numbers:
M 1 NIG 4.3.9 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 30
Frame value is 27.
Slide No. M 1 NIG 4.3.9 EE 59
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