General Post Office Accra through time

Accra 1870–1937 18 photos of this spot

18 photographs taken at the same spot in Accra, spanning 1870–1937 — 18 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A photograph from the British colonial archive documenting Accra, on the Gold Coast, in 1870. Accra was a growing coastal trading settlement under British influence in this period, prior to the formal establishment of the Gold Coast Colony in 1874.

The National Archives UK - CO 1870 A photograph from the British colonial archive documenting Accra, on the Gold Coast, in 1870. Accra was a growing coastal trading settlement under British influence in this period, prior to the formal establishment of the Gold Coast Colony in 1874.

The National Archives UK - CO 1890 A view overlooking the roadstead by James Fort in Accra, taken in 1890. James Fort, built by British traders in the 17th century, anchored one end of the town's coastal trading district on the Gold Coast.

The National Archives UK - CO 1890 Part of the British Colonial Office's photographic album for the Gold Coast, this image depicts a market scene in Accra around 1890. It is now held by the National Archives UK under the CO 1069 series documenting Britain's West African colonies.

The National Archives UK - CO 1910 This 1910 photograph, part of a UK National Archives Colonial Office record series, depicts a scene in Accra, then the capital of the British Gold Coast colony. Such images were commonly compiled for official colonial administration and reporting purposes in the early twentieth century.

The National Archives UK - CO 1914 New bungalows built for Second Class Officers rise on a ridge in Accra, Gold Coast, part of a 1915 Public Works Department report documenting colonial-era construction in the city that is now Ghana's capital.

The National Archives UK - CO 1914 A public latrine in Accra, Gold Coast, photographed in 1915 to compare a newly introduced design against the older type it replaced, part of a colonial Public Works Department survey of municipal sanitation.

The National Archives UK - CO 1914 Railway station and adjoining business area in the Gold Coast, photographed in 1914 as part of a colonial record of infrastructure in the region that is now Ghana, documenting the growth of transport links along the coast.

The National Archives UK - CO 1915 Colonial-era photograph from Accra, Gold Coast, part of a 1915 Public Works Department series documenting construction and infrastructure projects in the city, now the capital of Ghana.

The National Archives UK - CO 1915 Public latrine and road construction works in Accra, Gold Coast, recorded in a 1915 Public Works Department report comparing older and newer municipal infrastructure being installed in the growing colonial city.

The National Archives UK - CO 1915 Railway station and surrounding business district in Accra, Gold Coast, photographed from Railway Hill with the town visible in the distance, part of a 1914 colonial survey of the settlement's transport and commerce.

General Post Office Accra 1915 The General Post Office in Accra, Gold Coast, a public building serving the colonial administration in what is now the capital of Ghana, standing as one of the settlement's key institutional buildings.

The National Archives UK - CO 1915 One of a set of photographs accompanying the 1915 Public Works Department report on the extension of the public offices in Accra, then the capital of the British Gold Coast colony.

The National Archives UK - CO 1915 New bungalows built on the ridge at Accra, photographed in 1915 for the colonial Public Works Department's annual report on the Gold Coast, then a British colony on West Africa's coast.

The National Archives UK - CO 1915 Another entry in the Colonial Office's CO 1069 photographic series, this 1915 view of Accra was recorded during the First World War era of British rule over the Gold Coast, whose seat of government had moved there from Cape Coast decades earlier.

The National Archives UK - CO 1925 A photograph from the Colonial Office collection at The National Archives (UK), showing a scene in Accra, in what was then the British Gold Coast colony, around 1925.

The National Archives UK - CO 1929 A 1929 photograph from the UK National Archives' Colonial Office files (CO 1069/40) showing Accra, the coastal capital of what was then the British Gold Coast colony.

The National Archives UK - CO 1929 A 1929 photograph of Accra from the CO 1069 series of Colonial Office records at the UK National Archives, continuing the documentation of the Gold Coast colony into the interwar years.

The National Archives UK - CO 1937 Catalogued as part of the CO 1069 series held by the UK National Archives, a body of official photographs documenting Britain's colonial administrations. This print was taken in Accra, then capital of the Gold Coast colony, in 1937.