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Sekondi-Takoradi 1895–2000 10 photos of this spot

10 photographs taken at the same spot in Sekondi-Takoradi, spanning 1895–2000 — 5 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A photograph of Sekondi-Takoradi on Ghana's coast, taken in 1895 and now catalogued in the UK National Archives' Colonial Office collection (reference CO 1069-34-138-2).

The National Archives UK - CO 1895 A photograph of Sekondi-Takoradi on Ghana's coast, taken in 1895 and now catalogued in the UK National Archives' Colonial Office collection (reference CO 1069-34-138-2).

The National Archives UK - CO 1914 A 1914 photograph of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, from the Colonial Office collection (reference CO 1069-40-33-3) held by the UK National Archives.

EU: Bilden visar båten med hamnlotsar i Sekondi-Takoradi. (1948) 1948 A boat carrying harbor pilots is pictured at Sekondi-Takoradi, on the coast of what was then the British Gold Coast, in 1948; Takoradi's deep-water harbor, completed in the 1920s, was one of West Africa's principal ports.

EU: Bilden visar besättningsmän från kryssaren Gotland i sjömanskläder och tropikhjälm i samtal med barn och kvinnor i Sekondi-Takoradi. (1948) 1948 Sailors from the cruiser Gotland, in tropical uniform and pith helmets, converse with local children and women during a 1948 stop at Sekondi-Takoradi.

EU: Bilden visar besättningsmän från kryssaren Gotland i Sekondi-Takoradi (1948) 1948 Sailors from the Swedish cruiser HSwMS Gotland are pictured ashore at Sekondi-Takoradi in 1948, likely during a training voyage that took the vessel along the West African coast.

EU: Krotwoning met steenoven, Sekondi-Takoradi (2000) 2000 A mud-walled dwelling with a stone-built oven in Sekondi-Takoradi, documenting traditional building methods once common along Ghana's western coast.

EU: Overzicht voorgevel, Sekondi-Takoradi (2000) 2000 The front facade of a building in Sekondi-Takoradi, part of a photographic survey recording the twin port city's older architecture around the turn of the millennium.

EU: Overzicht rechter zijgevel, Sekondi-Takoradi (2000) 2000 The right-hand side facade of a building in Sekondi-Takoradi, recorded as part of a documentation effort covering the city's historic housing stock.

EU: Overzicht gevel met trap aan de binnenplaats, Sekondi-Takoradi (2000) 2000 A facade in Sekondi-Takoradi showing a staircase leading up from the courtyard, an architectural detail typical of older houses in the port city.

EU: Overzicht ingangspartij in de voorgevel, Sekondi-Takoradi (2000) 2000 The entrance portion of a building's front facade in Sekondi-Takoradi, photographed as part of a survey of the city's traditional architecture.