Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 15

Three columns of printed negative strips. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1: Men washing a street corner in preparation for Inaugural Ceremonies for the Liberian President. A firetruck is parked in the street and men are aiming hoses and the ground. There are several houses and a telephone pole on the street corner. Image 2-5: A group of men attaching a string of flags to the side of a large building., The flags are attached to a telephone pole across the street. One man is climbing up a ladder on the side of the building and is holding the string of flags. The building is several stories tall with a slanted roof. Image 6 & 7: A man climbing a ladder against the side of a building while holding a string of flags going up as decorations for Inaugural Ceremonies. A group of men are standing behind the ladder watching the flags. Image 8 & 9: A group of men carrying a string of flags across the street. They are holding the string and guiding it from the telephone pole it is attached to. Image 10-12: Three men standing on the roof of a building and attaching a string of flags to the side of the building in preparation for Inaugural Ceremonies. The flags are attached to a telephone pole on the other side of the street. One man is holding the string while the other two help guide the man to the position on the roof.