Old Lagos Before 1960

I'm so happy about the present transformation (or re-transformation) of my beloved Lagos State (Las Gidi) - and I have decided to bring back memories (with pictures) - of what the great city of Lagos used to look like. Bear in mind that Lagos wasn't built by the colonial masters - the Lagos elites (mostly business men from the slave trade era), and slave returnees built Lagos.

PS: I'm not trying to knock the colonial masters  - I'm basically just trying to give credit to those who made Lagos what it was then. Old Lagos, the city my dad will never stop talking about.

Enjoy!

Aerial View of Lagos, circa 1960

Araromi House on Tokunbo and Oshodi

Around Broad Street

Lagos Bar Beach

Balogun Street with Tram Tracks

Broad Street

Broad Street

Carter Bridge

Carter Bridge

Cathedral Church Marina

Cathedral Church, Marina

Central Mosque, Lagos

CMS Church

First Storey Building, Lagos

Glover Hall, 1887

Holy Cross, Cathedral

Independence Square, Lagos

House on Odunfa Street

Iddo, Lagos

Idungaran Palace

kingsway Building, Marina

Lagos

Lagos Island

Lagos Island

Marina

Lagos Island

Lagos Stream Train 

Lagos Waterfront

Marina

Original Tinubu Square

Shitta Bey Mosque

Yaba, Lagos

Carter Bridge Area, Lagos

Ikeja, Lagos Circa 1928

Lagos, 1940

Lagos in the 60s

Lagos, 1920

Lagos, 1925

Lagos, 1930

Lagos, 1930

Lagos Club, 1928

Tinubu Square, 1960

Yaba, Lagos