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Bell Untitled 0494

Description:
Three images of pupils carrying classroom furniture into a classroom; Two exterior images of two women and a boy at the outskirts of the Volta resettlement camps; A portrait of a young man;17 images of the Volta resettlement camps;11 images of the settlements situated along the Volta basin prior to the flooding caused by the construction of the dam; An image of woman and son cooking infront a residence within the volta resettlement camps; One image of a musical instrument. (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0494

Bell Untitled 0492

Description:
Four portraits of fishermen sitting on their boats; Two images of sailors pouring oil into their boats; 22 images of community on the river banks trying to cross the the Volt River by canoe. Two images of fishermen standing in their canoes; Two images of a communited sumerged in water near the Volta River Basin (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0492

Bell Untitled 0491

Description:
Six images of a maisons laying blocks on a construction of resettlement housing along the Volta Basin; Two exterior images of a resettlement house with tobacco drying outside; Four exterior images of blades for a combined harvestor in the resettlement community; Three images of disc ploughs parked near a resettlement house; Eight images of a town hall meetings in the new resettlement community; 20 exterior images of a resettlement community with members walking and a woman preparing food. (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0491

Bell Untitled 0490

Description:
33 exterior images of building and daily life in the new resettlement community, some members are in their backyard farms and others in the market; Two portraits of an elderly woman smiling to camera. Behind her is a girl smiling and two pistols hygenically covered with cotton string bags. The fufu pistols are used for pounding "Fufu" a Ghanaian dish made by pounding and starring cassava and plantain (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0490

Bell Untitled 0488

Description:
15 aerial images of the resettlement housing along the Volta River Basin; Three images of combined harvestors parked under a shed; Three aerial shots of vast vegetation; One image of an officer of the Ghana air force sitting in a helicopter; One image of aviation personel in front of a helicopter; Six images of the remains of buildings destroyed along the Volta Basin; One exterior image of a local factory; Two images of a moslem community; Three exterior images of a resettlement community. (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0488

Bell Untitled 0483

Description:
Three images of a Castle Bridge advertisement; Four images of an advertisement for London Dry Gin, Lawyer. Four images of a woman in a wax print dress;Three portraits of a boy; Three portraits of a middle aged woman; Two images of a man in a black and white tie; Three images of a young girl; Two images of a young boy in short hair and bangs. (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0483

Bell Untitled 0472

Description:
11 exterior images of the Equip building. Equip hardware store; Nine images of tools and equipments on display in shelves; Seven images of a store supervisor presenting his products and attending to customers; Four images of a manager of Equip stores in his office; Three images of two men in a ware house with alluminium cooking utensils on the floor; One image of the exterior of SCOA Ghana No. 2 limited ware house. (35 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0472

Bell Untitled 0471

Description:
Nine images of the tomb of Dr Hideyo Noguchi at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. He was a Japanese bacteriologist and pathologist who died of yellow fever, a disease on which he was conducting medical research in 1928; One portrait of a man in short sleeved lenin shirt smiling; 12 images showing daily activities in a part of the central district in Accra; Eight exterior images of buildings in Accra; One image of a young boy with two dogs in a backyard. (32 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0471

Bell Untitled 0461

Description:
Seven exterior images of the Cape Coast Castle;11 images of a cross section of a fishing community in Cape Coast, fishermen dring thier nets at the shore, women by the clay oven used in smoking fish and members of the fishing commmunithy socialising by the boats; Two images of fishermen paddling their boats to shore; One image of two fishermen pushing a boat to shore (36 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0461

Bell Untitled 0458

Description:
Eight images of a man roofing a building with thatch in Northen Ghana; Eight images of young girl and other children standing on ladder placed against a house, the ladder is used to climb onto the roof of the building which serves as an extention of the building; Five images of a girl on a tree; Five images of livestock and ducks behind a house; Six images of a hand fitted pump in a community in the Northen part 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)
Bell Untitled 0458

Bell Untitled 0433

Description:
One exterior image of a man standing at the entrance of a residential hall at the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra; Five exterior portraits of a woman caring for a baby; Two images of a baby resting on a mat; Two images of a man inside and standing by a white salon car; Two images of a man in white smoke, standing in a garden; Four images from an interior overlooking a storey building (19 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0433

Bell Untitled 0422

Description:
16 images of traders and their wares. These wares displayed on tables, the group or carried on their heads for sale; A portrait of three men visiting a market; One portrait of an old man draped in white; Three aerial shots of a community and vegetation along the Volta Lake; Two images of a man constructing a thatched house; Two images of canoes transporting people across a body of water; Five images showing communities situated along a water body (36 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0422

Bell Untitled 0421

Description:
Seven images of a canoe been used as a means of transportation for people and items across a body of water; Ten images of members of a particular community at the shoreline of the body of water; Four images of a young woman wrapped in fabric; Four portraits of a young boy with a catapult wrapped around his head; One portrait of a young boy seated in a canoe; Two portraits of a man wear a smock and a hat; One image of a man riding a bicycle; One image of the Volta Lake; One image of a woman cooking in front of a thatched house; One image of a body of water bounded by vegetation (32 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0421

Bell Untitled 0420

Description:
14 images of a community submerged in water after the flooding of the Volta Basin; Four images of a man paddling a canoe; Two images of a factory; Seven images of engineers with greasy hands, working on a machine; One portrait of an engineer; Five images of an engineer holding a piece of machinery; One unidentifiable image (34 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0420

Bell Untitled 0408

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)
Bell Untitled 0408

Bell Untitled 0407

Description:
27 images showing a market scene in northern Ghana. The images show a crossection of the community selling fresh cow milk, Pito (a locally made alcholic drink from fermented millet or sorghum), millet and meat; Seven images showing traders using cowries as a medium of exchange for goods and services; Two images of a 'Weliba" (Saviour). The Weliba is a section of the Nawure community identified by their haircuts . This identity is reserved for people who are spiritually strong (36 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0407

Bell Untitled 0406

Description:
16 images showing daily life in a community in the northern part of Ghana; Two images of a man patching up top of a building. The architecture of building in the north serves multiple purposes. The buildings are sealed with sand and serve as a cool place for inhabitants to rest during warm periods, a watch tower and an as information center from which messages are sent out to the community and individuals; 12 images of boys producing bows and arrows and embarking on hunting expeditions as part of their training for self and community defense; Four images of outskirts of a community in the north, both of which show straws stacked on a tree and heaps of cow manure used to fertilize the ground and to attract termites. The termites are then used to feed fowls and guinea fowl; Two images of boys playing under a trees (36 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0406

Bell Untitled 0405

Description:
Three images of a old woman; Three images of a a group of men playing a game on the ground; Six images of women cooking for sale in a market; 10 images showing activities in an enclave housing a shrine; an old man in animal skin is playing a xylophone; pots used for ritual purposes are arranged under a boabab tree and a woman is holding a long stick and posing for the camera; Seven images of women with ritual pots on the outskirts of a community in the northern parts of Ghana; Two images of a group of children; Two images of goats and cows grazing; One image of a priest; One image a woman breastfeeding (36 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0405

Bell Untitled 0404

Description:
Ten images showing a market scene at a community in the northern part of Ghana; Four images of a child undergoing an initiation ceremony. Three images of members of a community, resting under trees; Two images of a man playing drums for a No.3 Asafo company; Two images of the interior of a parish; One image of a road lined on both sides by a vast vegetation; One image of a garden; Two images of a woman breastfeeding; One portrait of a baby; Four exterior images of a school. Four images showing women and children on a busy route in a community; One image of a man and a young boy, standing under an umbrella (36 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0404

Bell Untitled 0401

Description:
Four images of ritual stools displayed in front of a shrine in Atiwa Akumfo Ogyamanansu; 19 images of members of a community curiously watching a ceremony; Three images of a chief and linguist at a ceremony; One image of members of a particular community celebrating; Two images of a old woman; Two images of an alley in a rural community in Ghana; One image of a roots of a tree; Two images of women walking on a path lined on both sides with Trees (34 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0401

Bell Untitled 0394

Description:
Five images of the 41 Kwame Nkrumah Street in the central business district of Accra. The Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board and a Mercedes Benz Outlet can be seen in the image. 24 images of different parts of the exterior of George Padmore Library. President Kwame Nkrumah established the Library in 1961 and named it after his close friend, George padmore.; Two images of the exterior of the Supreme Court Building; Two images of a woman selling puffed loaves (33 images total)
Date:
1957-1978
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bell, Willis E.
Collection:
Willis E. Bell Photographic Print Archive (1950s-1970s)
Bell Untitled 0394