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The National Archives UK - CO 2
1870 Cape Coast, Ghana
Part of the Colonial Office's CO 1069 photographic series held at The National Archives, this image was taken in Cape Coast on Britain's Gold Coast in 1870, when the town served as an administrative and trading center for the colony.
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