Large square obeche logs on the Ethiope River, ship "Onitsha" waiting to be loaded, at African Timber & Plywood Limited plant , Sapele, Nigeria

Original title reads, "The African Timber & Plywood Limited at Sapele has 2,000 employes at the mill and 1,500 working in the forests. African Timber & Plywood Limited fells timber within about a 300-mile radius around Sapele, bringing the logs as much of the way as possible by water. Looking downstream on Ethiope River with ATP plant and the ship ONITSHA (elder Dempster Lines) being loaded in distance along the ATP quay. It's taking on plywood and lumber. Logs at right are obeche, agba, iroko, and two types of mahogany." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.