Earliest known photograph of Oba’s compound, Benin City, May 1891. Photo by Cyril Punch
Cyril Punch (1857-1932)<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bI7pAAAAMAAJ&amp;q=%22Punch,+cyril+(1857-1932)%22&amp;dq=%22Punch,+cyril+(1857-1932)%22&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjB7dXNwfDSAhUdOsAKHUQHDOMQ6AEIGjAA">[1]</a>
1891-05
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