Unloading rails on a flat car at the railway berth which is being built by Tanganyika railways on the Lindi estuary
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Unloading rails on a flat car at the railway berth which is being built by Tanganyika railways on the Lindi estuary

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George Rodger

Maker
English, 1908–1995

Unloading rails on a flat car at the railway berth which is being built by Tanganyika railways on the Lindi estuary

From Groundnuts, Gambia


1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19 x 19.2 cm
Gift of Todd Gitlin, 2005
2005.0914.0005
Inscriptions verso (typed labels): [title and description]

verso (stamp): Property of the Periodicals Art Library, 186 High Holborn, W.C.1. Must Be returned undamaged

verso (pencil): 12 / Roll 9/ 1

verso (pencil): GR-315
verso (pencil): 2500/DS
TextOut in the Tanganyika bush, men and machines hack their difficult way to clear vast plantations for the growing of groundnuts - to swell the world's fat ration. Cameraman Geo. Rodger toured the Southern Province and sends a picture story of early frustration and blunder. Much is now being done to change the bewildering scene after a haphazard start. Here, Illustrated presents a Progress Report on the 25,000,000 pound scheme.
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