Details
Three columns of printed negative strips with images from a trip to Liberian Institute of the American Foundation for Tropical Medicine. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1 & 5-8: Various images of President William Tubman drinking and talking with an unidentified man on a second floor balcony. Tubman is holding a cigar in one hand. Image 2-4: Various images of a Liberian flag and plaque commemorating the institute in memory of Harvey Firestone, Sr. An unidentified man is standing and looking at the plaque. Image 9 & 10: Various images of men dancing in a circle with large poles. The men are wearing grass skirts and have paint on their chests. Image 11: A group of people singing and making music while standing or sitting on folded chairs. They are wearing white robes. The woman on the right is shaking an instrument. Image 12: Harvey Firestone Jr. and Tubman sitting on a second floor balcony while drinking and speaking with officials walking onto the balcony. An unidentified man is carrying another chair.
Date Published
1952-01
Subjects
Notes
January 1952
In photo box 1, folder 67/68 of Jordan Collection. Page number printed on mount.
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
12 photographs on 1 side of card mount : black and white print ; 26 x 21 cm
Source File
umkc_lsc_jordan_photo_album-68.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
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