Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 76

Three columns of printed negative strips with images from a party at the Executive Grounds during Inaugural Ceremonies for the Liberian President. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1: Antoinette Tubman standing with an unidentified woman and smiling in front of other party guests. Tubman in standing on the right, wearing a white hat and striped skirt. Image 2: Two unidentified women smiling and shaking hands in front of other party guests. Both women are wearing hats with lace brims. Image 3: An unidentified man and woman talking in front of other party guests. The man is wearing a tuxedo and top hat. The woman is wearing a dress and hat with a wide brim. Image 4: Tubman speaking with an unidentified woman and man in front of other party guests on an open lawn. Tubman is wearing a white hat and striped skirt. A female officer is standing on the right wearing a dress uniform and badge. Image 5 & 6: Various images of an unidentified military official speaking with two unidentified women in front of other party guests. The man is wearing a dress uniform and the women are wearing lace dresses. The man is holding his hat in his hand. Image 7: An unidentified military official posing for a photo with three other women. The man is wearing a dress uniform and the women are wearing lace or silk dresses. All are looking forward and smiling. Other party guests are in back talking to each other on an open lawn. Image 8: Three unidentified women speaking to each other in front of an unidentified man and other party guests. The man is wearing a tuxedo and top hat and looking forward while smiling. The woman in the middle is holding an umbrella on the ground. Other party guests are wandering around in back on an open lawn. Image 9: Vice-President William Richard Tolbert and a woman wearing a white dress, possibly Victoria Tolbert, talking with an unidentified man and two unidentified women. The Tolberts are standing on the left (William is partially off camera). The women are all looking forward and smiling. Other party guests are wandering around in the back on an open lawn. A sign on a garden arch in back reads "Executive Grounds." Image 10: A woman wearing a white dress, possibly Victoria Tolbert, and William Richard Tolbert standing on the left and right of an unidentified man with two unidentified women. Everyone is looking forward and smiling. Other party guests are wandering around in the back on an open lawn. A sign on a garden arch in back reads "Executive Grounds." Image 11 & 12: President William Tolbert and Antoinette Tubman are walking along a stone path on the open lawn. William is wearing a tuxedo and top hat and is smoking a cigar while smiling. Antoinette is wearing a white had and striped skirt. Other party guests are standing in back and on the side, watching the Tubmans.