Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 71

Three columns of printed negative strips with images from Inaugural Ceremonies for the Liberian President. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1: An unidentified woman sitting inside a train looking out the window at people sitting on a platform for a speech or rally. Several men are sitting and facing the other direction. The woman is holding a handkerchief and wearing a black dress. Image 2 & 3: Various images of the view from a train window looking out at a platform for a speech or rally. Several men are sitting and facing away from the window. Another group of men are standing below the platform looking up at the speakers. A string of flags is hanging over the platform and a Liberian flag is hanging in back. Image 4: Several women looking out the windows of a railcar with striped bunting hanging on the side. Two soldiers are standing on the outside of the train. The women are looking out at a rally (off camera). Image 5: Liberia Mining Company founder Lansdell Christie escorting a woman down a hill. A military band is standing and holding their instruments on the left, The woman is wearing a white hat and holding a program. Image 6: Vice-President William Richard Tolbert and mining industrialist Garland Farmer standing on a platform behind a table and microphone. A string of flags is hanging overhead. Tolbert is on the left facing the microphone. Image 7 & 8: Various images of a group of men standing and listening to officials talk from a platform (off camera). The man in the center is standing near a large briefcase. Image 9: An unidentified older man standing between two unidentified younger men. The man in the center is looking at the camera and holding the arms of the other two who are smiling and looking to the side. They are all wearing collared shirts. Image 10 & 11: Various images of President William Tubman standing with a group of unidentified men. Tubman is standing in the center holding a cigar. Everyone is wearing collared shirts and are smiling in image 11. Image 12: A group of men and women standing around a building with a large wooden awning. The building is covered in wooden siding.