Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 69

Three columns of printed negative strips with images from the dedication of Antoinette Tubman Railroad Bridge. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1: Antoinette Tubman pulling down a cloth to reveal the dedication plaque on a steel bridge support. She is wearing a plaid dress and looking forward while smiling. Image 2: A group of dancers standing in front of a small crowd on an open field. The dancers are wearing white robes and some are holding instruments. Image 3: Vice-President William Richard Tolbert standing on the second floor balcony between two unidentified men. They are looking down and smiling. Another group of men are sitting behind them. Image 4: President William Tubman and Antoinette Tubman talking with two unidentified men in the doorway of a machine room. The man in the middle is wearing a military uniform. President Tubman is holding a cane and cigar. Image 5 & 6: Various images of two unidentified men revealing the dedication plaque on a steel bridge support. One man is pulling a cloth off while the other man who is wearing a hat watches. Image 7: Two unidentified men cutting a ribbon across the railroad tracks leading to the bridge. A group of men wearing suits and military uniforms are standing in front of a train car with a Liberian flag on the front and are watching the ribbon being cut. Image 8: A group of officials riding on the front of the train "Liberia Mining Company No. 2" with another group of people riding on the side of the front car. Three railcars are visible on the tracks. There is a Liberian flag hanging on the front of the train. Image 9 & 10: Various images of a crowd standing in front of the Liberia Mining Company train No. 2. The railcars have cloth banners hanging from the side in celebration of the bridge dedication. People are walking toward the bridge on the right (off camera). Image 11: Liberia Mining Company founder Lansdell Christie, Speaker of the House Richard Abrom Henries, Vice-President William Richard Tolbert, US Ambassador Edward Dudley, an unidentified man, President Tubman, and Secretary of State Gabriel Dennis standing left to right next to the dedication plaque on a steel bridge support. Image 12: Two unidentified men standing on both sides of the dedication plaque on a steel bridge support. The man on the right is holding a cloth formerly covering the plaque.