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Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 18

Details
Three columns of printed negative strips. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1: Pearl Primus dancing with an unidentified man in a clearing in the woods in front of a group of men. Primus is wearing a striped skirt and holding it in both hands. Some of the men are playing percussive instruments. Image 2: An unidentified and out of focus object, possibly equipment from a mineral processing facility near the ocean. Image 3: Rocks falling from a raised chute into a large container at a mineral processing facility. A man is standing by a railing at the container. The chute is attached to a large, vertical metal bars. Image 4 & 5: Overhead views of rocks falling from a raised chute into a large container at a mineral processing facility. A man is standing by a railing at the container. The chute is suspended by metal cables. Image 6: An overhead view of rocks falling from a raised chute into a large container at a mineral processing facility near the ocean. Two men are standing by a railing and looking into the container. The chute is suspended by metal cables. Image 7 & 8: Various images of a rock crushing machine at a mineral processing facility. A man is standing next to the machine, looking down at a rail line leading to other facilities below. Image 9: A large ship docked next to a mineral processing facility near the ocean. A metal chute runs from the ship down to other equipment out of the photo. Crushed rocks and dirt are on the chute. Image 10-12: Various images of a man filming equipment at a mineral processing facility. The man is holding a camera on a tripod while another man holds an umbrella over the camera. The man is recording rocks moving from rail cars on a hill onto a chute for processing.
Date Published
1952-01
Subjects
Folk dancing
African American women dancers
Notes

January 1952

In photo box 1, folder 17/18 of Jordan Collection.

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
Member of
Inauguration Album - Republic of Liberia - January 1952
Source File
umkc_lsc_jordan_photo_album-18.tif
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections

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