Photographs: silver or dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 in. (36.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm)
Type:
scrapbooks
Place depicted:
Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Ghana, West Africa, Africa
Senegal, West Africa, Africa
Place made:
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1960
Caption:
This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. Albrier attended the festivities as a representative of the California Voice, an African American newspaper based in Oakland, California.
Description:
This scrapbook was compiled in 1960 by Frances Albrier after returning from a trip to Africa to document the celebrations surrounding Nigerian independence. The scrapbook contains newspaper and magazine clippings as well as photographs and ephemera from her time in Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. The scrapbook contains 24 used pages, numerous unused pages, and two loose objects.