mightyhaze:
Big man shop..


See umbrellas, torch lights,hand gloves, carpets,bangles,hats ...

richmond500:
That doesn't look like 1937 items.
I'm seeing stainless steel instead of calabash
That doesnt look like the kind of things u find in a mud house.

richmond500:
No, I was born in the 90s and I know the kind of cup we used, they are not nearly as fine as those ones in the pic.
Also electric torch came to Nigeria early 2000s, we used one kind lantern with glass gloves, in the 90s before battery torches. electric torch was recent.
Also 1930's pictures are not this sharp, the white colours of 1930 pics are tanned

Lungs:


Tell us your knowledge about Al technology

T-Pain grandchild

richmond500:
Oga, do u know what electric torch mean?
It's a torch that needs electricity to operate, not battery

richmond500:
It is not about the city, Onitsha could be a bustling city back then but those items are not 1930s items.
U can't import what people cannot use.
If the company started in 1929, it means that distribution started later years, so by 1930, 99% of Nigerians may have never seen electricty.
In 1930, many Nigerians were still travelling with carriage. Even the Queen traveled on a royal carriage

richmond500:
battery torches, not electric torch.
That pic said electric torch. How many households had electricity in 1930s. When lots of households lives in small mud hut.

JikSneh:
But the year was clearly stated there, 1937.....so what's your point actually? If Duckworth work was between 1930 to 1972, isn't it obvious this is one of his works too?

XerXers:

Tiwa savage and Ayyra Starr dey wear clothes in this 2024?

GeneralPula:

They didn’t lie..

That’s not 1937. Op is just being Mischievous. Even the images isn’t include 1937..

As at 1937, your forefathers never dey wear clothings..

Hausa:
I have to agree with you on this one. As onye Anambra through-n-through, I doubt that picture is anywhere from the 30s.
The books of the time never even mentioned a torchlight or an Umbrella. One way or another Chinua Achebe would've mentioned it in his many books.
Again, the many Umbrellas there and the hook of the Umbrella does not suggest the 30s.
Although the man seems to be with no shoes like Goodluck Jonathan at the time, the little boy's well cut hair also does not suggest the 30s.
One wonders why he has no shoes but sells many umbrellas and other interesting items.

Another thing is if they were imported, who was importing them? Igbo history has no one from the 30s doing an importation like this.
Most of the popular names of the 30s for Igbos were those who went to acquire education abroad. And it was around the late 30s to early 40s that they returned back to Nigeria. Zik, Sir Louis Mbanefo, and some few.

Give or take, that picture will be the 60s.

richmond500:
battery torches, not electric torch.
That pic said electric torch. How many households had electricity in 1930s. When lots of households lives in small mud hut.

Eriokanmi:
One of the Indomie generations who will never agree to a fact has just been spitted. Torch light seen in that shop was well around much earlier than 1930s. That must be one of the most expensive local stores of that era. Torch light was invented in late 19th century. Look at the bamboo roof as well. The year quote was legit

As far back as 1930, akure, ibadan and ondo had department stores. Who told you people weren't wearing clothes back then? What do you take Nigerians for? My church was founded in 1930 and as of then, the founder was driving a caterpillar bulldozer on akure-ilesha road construction site. That was where God called him and he had to abandon the work.

GeneralPula:

They didn’t lie..

That’s not 1937. Op is just being Mischievous. Even the images isn’t include 1937..

As at 1937, your forefathers never dey wear clothings..

ajailer:
Lies. That stall I am seeing there ain't 1937, should be between 1960-70.

richmond500:
No, I was born in the 90s and I know the kind of cup we used, they are not nearly as fine as those ones in the pic.
Also electric torch came to Nigeria early 2000s, we used one kind lantern with glass gloves, in the 90s before battery torches. electric torch was recent.
Also 1930's pictures are not this sharp, the white colours of 1930 pics are tanned

Seunfretty:


Seconded ...I ave to say that picture roughly should be around early 60s....taking from your point and again what you all dont still notice is the quality of that picture ...most pictures in the 30s are tan and super blur....u can Google on that for more clarity....I understand the ibos have been around for a long time but that picture definitely wasnt taking in the 30s

richmond500:
It is not about the city, Onitsha could be a bustling city back then but those items are not 1930s items.
U can't import what people cannot use.
If the company started in 1929, it means that distribution started later years, so by 1930, 99% of Nigerians may have never seen electricty.
In 1930, many Nigerians were still travelling with carriage. Even the Queen traveled on a royal carriage

G0Oodharddick:
The little kid on that picture probably would have been dead by now. That's life for you!

Take care of yourself, eat well and live healthy. No dey give Woman your money again, spend that money on yourself and upgrade yourself. Wear good clothes, shoes etc. Why would a normal guy buy clothes, bags, phone for a girl only to make her look attractive for other men to have her while he looks unkempt like a fuuul?

Nobody really cares about you. If you die today the world will simply move on, and so would that girl you're killing yourself to impress

richmond500:
battery torches, not electric torch.
That pic said electric torch. How many households had electricity in 1930s. When lots of households lives in small mud hut.

uuzba:

We couldn't manufacture them then.
And we still cannot manufacture them now.

richmond500:
That doesn't look like 1937 items.
I'm seeing stainless steel instead of calabash
That doesnt look like the kind of things u find in a mud house.

Magnumproperty:

Exactly... I just quoted someone with this date of yours.

G0Oodharddick:
The little kid on that picture probably would have been dead by now. That's life for you!

Take care of yourself, eat well and live healthy. No dey give Woman your money again, spend that money on yourself and upgrade yourself. Wear good clothes, shoes etc. Why would a normal guy buy clothes, bags, phone for a girl only to make her look attractive for other men to have her while he looks unkempt like a fuuul?

Nobody really cares about you. If you die today the world will simply move on, and so would that girl you're killing yourself to impress

LegendHero:
Most of Duckworth work are usually tagged 1930 - 1972

I doubt if that picture up there was taken in the 1930s. Duckworth himself was comer inspection of education in Nigeria between 1930 and 1953.

Some probably just took the photo and slammed a 1937 date on it to mislead the unsuspecting public.