Original title reads, "Scene outside Trenchard Hall at University College, Ibadan, after the congregation for the reception of graduates, which was held in Trenchard Hall as part of the Foundation Day celebrations on November 17, 1959. We would call it a graduation ceremony. This was the Eleventh Foundation Day anniversary, and 136 students graduated. In the pictures, the new graduates mill around among faculty members, and friends and relatives in front of Trenchard Hall." [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:
O 2 NIG 58 EE 59
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
58482 71
Frame value is 22.
Slide No. O 2 NIG 58 EE 59
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