Genre: photographic prints / Subject Topic: Children - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: A portrait of a happy baby smiling.There are multiple prints of the same sitter in different poses including: meap0097_bell_b001_074 - meap0097_bell_b001_076
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: Enstoolment rites of Esi Kwakoma Nketesia Hemaa (Queen) of Atwia Ekumfi in the Central Region of Ghana. She is paraded in the community in a palanquin.
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: A group portrait of children playing. There are multiple prints of the same group in different poses including: meap0097_bell_b002_045 - meap0097_bell_b002_052
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: A portrait of a girl in a cloth with a head scarf acting a role in a community play by Efua Sutherland. There are multiple prints of the same child in the same poses including: meap0097_bell_b003_001 - meap0097_bell_b003_003
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: A group of young girls playing in the back yard of a residential area.
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: 18 images of children depicting a traditional ceremony; Five images of a group of children playing games; One image of two young girls playing in a garden (24 images total)
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: 30 images of mascurades and young boys in smock, beating drums at an experimental theatre production by Efua Sutherland (30 images total)
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: Two portraits of a young boy by the shore in Osu; Six images of young boys playing football on a park adjacent the Christianborg Castle, in Osu; Two images of a commander and crew members aboard a navy ship; One image displaying two pans full of freshly caught fish; One exterior image of the Elmina castle; One image of two older men conversing on a bridge in Elmina; Two images of the shores of Elmina with canoes in display; Five images of waves crushing large rocks behind the Christianborg; Two images of a boy transporting food; One image of a pair of canoes, one of which contains a young male occupant; Four images of children playing on the street; One image showing two young female trader, carrying their wares on their heads; One image of a young female beverage trader, carrying her merchandise on her head; Five unidentifiable images (35 images total)
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

Description:: 17 images showing a cross section of community present at an installation ceremony; Three images of chiefs and elders posing for the camera; Six images of Spokespersons with a linguist’s staff, which is their symbol of authority; Two images of an elder draped in cloth; Eight images of a master drummer entertaining the audience with the Atumpan, a type of talking drum played by the Asante of Ghana.(36 images total)
Date:: 1957-1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bell, Willis E.
Collection:: Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)

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