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Freetown, Sierra Leone: African men wearing loincloths are pulling the carriage of a European man holding a rod. Lithograph, 1830.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: local people walking along one of the principal streets, with shops, stalls and street traders seen on either side. Photograph, 1910/1920.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: local people, including an amputee on crutches, are shown walking along one of the principal streets. Photograph, 1910/1920.

Men in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a device for removing rubbish, which they balance on their heads. Photograph, c. 1911.

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Freetown, Sierra Leone: African men wearing loincloths are pulling the carriage of a European man holding a rod. Lithograph, 1830.

Men in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a device for removing rubbish, which they balance on their heads. Photograph, c. 1911.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: local people walking along one of the principal streets, with shops, stalls and street traders seen on either side. Photograph, 1910/1920.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: local people, including an amputee on crutches, are shown walking along one of the principal streets. Photograph, 1910/1920.