Courtyard of Fort St. George at Elmina

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Courtyard of Fort St. George at Elmina

Temminck Groll, Coenraad Liebrecht

View of the courtyard at Fort St. George at Elmina, showing the entrance to the slave trading hall.

Fort St. George at Elmina was the headquarters of the governor of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) on the gold coast after being captured from the Portuguese in 1637.

Around 1953 the fort was being used as a police academy.

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Is part of:

St. George, fort

Creator

Temminck Groll, Coenraad Liebrecht (photographer)

Period

November 1966

Material

paper

Technique

black/white photograph

Kind

photo

Dimension

17,5 x 20,5 cm17,5 x 20,5 cm

Number

TG1084

Owner

Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed

Tags

survey / view, fortification