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Four unidentified people standing in water

Image

Four unidentified people, possibly a family, standing in water in rural Liberia. The man and child on the left are naked and possibly bathing in the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four unidentified people standing in water

Image

Four unidentified people, possibly a family, standing in water in rural Liberia. The man and child on the left are naked and possibly bathing in the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four unidentified people standing near a plane

Image

Four unidentified people standing near a plane on a sandy field in Liberia. All four are walking toward the plane.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four unidentified people walking

Image

Four unidentified people walking on a dirt road in Liberia. The woman in front is holding a basket on her head. Trees and huts are on both sides of...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Fox Fairway Theater

Image

Fox Fairway Theater at 2820 W. 53rd St., Fairway, Kan.; writing on photo (top): Fairway then, opened about 1940, Wolferman's now. Writing on photo...

Date Published
1947
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Front of ship Del Viento

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Front of ship Del Viento at a dock. Anchor ropes extend from the bow to a tether on the pier.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Front view of the Jordans' house

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Front view of the Jordans' house in Monrovia. The house is two stories tall and has large windows.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Front view of the Jordans' house

Image

Front view of the Jordans' house in Monrovia. The house is two stories tall and has large windows.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Front view of the Jordans' house

Image

Front view of the Jordans' house in Monrovia. The house is two stories tall and has large windows.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Gala Cabaret Party and Floor Show

Image

Poster advertising Gala Cabaret Party and Floor Show presented by AMVETS at Armory on 18th and Highland on Sunday, June 29, 1947, 10PM to 2AM; music...

Date Published
1947
Member of
Brian Thurn Collection

Gordon Jenkins, Helen Forrest, and Dick Haymes

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Gordon Jenkins, Helen Forrest, and Dick Haymes holding arms and walking in front of the CBS studio with a sign advertising an upcoming concert.

Date Published
1947
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Group of children

Image

A group of children in Liberia ranging in ages standing in front of several huts, possibly at school. One older woman is standing in the back.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of men by a fire truck

Image

A group of unidentified men standing in front of a Monrovia Fire Bureau truck. The men are pumping water from a well with a large pipe and looking...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of people in a large ship

Image

A group of people leaning against the railing of a large ship. A staircase running from a pier up to the ship is attached. Everyone in the crowd is...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of people on deck

Image

A group of people assembled on the deck of the ship. The ship is docked at a pier with warehouses.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of unidentified people dining outdoors

Image

A group of unidentified people at outdoor dining tables in Liberia. A large palm tree is in the background. All the diners are wearing formal wear. A...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of unidentified people dining outdoors

Image

A group of unidentified people at outdoor dining tables in Liberia. A large palm tree is in the background. All the diners are wearing formal wear.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of unidentified people in a large doorway

Image

A group of unidentified people standing in a large doorway, likely in Monrovia. The men are wearing top hats and tuxedos. A woman is wearing a formal...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of uniformed firemen

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A group of uniformed firemen in Liberia watching a fire engine drive down the road. One man is riding on the back of the truck.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of uniformed firemen

Image

A group of uniformed firemen in Liberia standing next to a fire engine. The men are connecting a hose to a fire hydrant on the street corner.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of women playing cards on the beach

Image

A group of unidentified women sitting at a table on the beach in Liberia. They are sitting under a large striped umbrella and playing cards.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of women standing by a building

Image

A group of women in Liberia standing by a building in front of several barrels. The women are wearing formal dresses. One woman is holding a small...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Haden Family portrait

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The Haden Family portrait. Left to right: James Lowell, Mary Elizabeth, Carl Sr., Kenny Thomas, Mary Jane, Sharon Kay, Carl Jr., Charlie. Handwritten...

Date Published
1946
1947
Member of
Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection

Hendrik Jordense, an unidentified sailor, and Orchid Jordan

Image

Hendrik Jordense, an unidentified white male sailor, and Orchid Jordan standing left to right on the deck of the U.S.S. Monrovia. All three are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Henry and Zarr standing in front of a building

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Henry and Zarr (identified on back of photo) standing left to right in front of a building housing the Jordans' kitchen in Monrovia. Zarr is the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (298)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (12)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (9)
  • Mclean Family Collection (3)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)
  • Arthur B. Church KMBC Radio Collection (1)
  • Brian Thurn Collection (1)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Martha Jane Starr Collection (1)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (328)
  • posters (1)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (331)
  • Gelatin silver prints (328)
  • Snapshots (310)
  • Portrait photographs (257)
  • Group portraits (226)
  • Publicity photographs (4)
  • Silver printing-out paper prints (3)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Film stills (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Dance posters (1)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Portraits (1)
  • Posters (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (329)
  • 1951-1960 (299)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Rural conditions (39)
  • Boats and boating (33)
  • Buildings (28)
  • Airplanes (25)
  • Soldiers (21)
  • Parties (19)
  • Parades (17)
  • Beaches (16)
  • Huts (14)
  • Street life (12)
  • Liberians (11)
  • Dwellings (10)
  • Rites and ceremonies (9)
  • Men (8)
  • City managers (7)
  • Crowds (7)
  • Police (7)
  • Streets (7)
  • Statues (6)
  • Thatched buildings (6)
  • African American police (5)
  • Dinners and dining (5)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Tour guides (Persons) (5)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Military uniforms (4)
  • Piers (4)
  • Aerial views (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • African American women (3)
  • Fire engines (3)
  • Men's clothing (3)
  • Middle-aged men (3)
  • Monuments (3)
  • Sailors (3)
  • Women (3)
  • Women singers (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Bodies of water (2)
  • Congresses and conventions (2)
  • Cows (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Folk dancers (2)
  • Mayors (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Sound recording executives and producers (2)
  • Stores, Retail (2)
  • Thatched roofs (2)
  • Villages (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Women jazz singers (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Agricultural exhibitions (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Antiaircraft guns (1)
  • Architecture, Domestic (1)
  • Awards (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Beverages (1)
  • Blue collar workers (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Bridges (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Clarinetists (1)
  • Clowns (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Country musicians (1)
  • Dance music (1)
  • Dances (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Gardening (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Locomotives (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Marquees (1)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (1)
  • Musical groups (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Muslims (1)
  • Parrots (1)
  • Pestles (1)
  • Radio programs, Musical (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Saxophonists (1)
  • Schools (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • Tropical plants (1)
  • Trucks (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • Vai (African people) (1)
  • Warehouses (1)
  • Young adults (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (150)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (116)
  • Robertsport (Liberia) (5)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)
  • 12th Street (1)
  • 18th and Vine District (1)
  • Boston (Mass.) (1)
  • Fairway (Kan.) (1)
  • Gbarnga (Liberia) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (47)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (42)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (9)
  • Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971 (6)
  • McLean, Percy Lawrence, 1901-1958 (3)
  • Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 (2)
  • Callender, Red (2)
  • Dexter, Dave (2)
  • Dudley, Edward R., 1911-2005 (2)
  • Scott, Bud, 1890-1949 (2)
  • Singleton, Zutty, 1898-1975 (2)
  • Starr, Kay (2)
  • Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959 (1)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (1)
  • Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968 (1)
  • Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (1)
  • Christy, June, 1925-1990 (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Conkling, James B. (James Brewster), 1915-1998 (1)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Dexter, Pat (1)
  • Forrest, Helen (1)
  • Gillette, Leland James (1)
  • Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (1)
  • Hawkins, Coleman (1)
  • Haymes, Dick (1)
  • Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 (1)
  • Jenkins, Gordon (1)
  • Joffee, Katherine Redman, 1912-1999 (1)
  • Kelly, Edward J., 1876-1950 (1)
  • Kemp, William E. (William Ewing), 1889-1968 (1)
  • La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 (1)
  • Laird, Mary Minor (1)
  • Lane, Judy (Singer) (1)
  • Livingston, Alan W., 1917-2009 (1)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (1)
  • Mosley, Earl L., 1883-1966 (1)
  • Nichols, Jesse Clyde (1)
  • Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 (1)
  • Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (1)
  • Simpson, Jeanne (1)
  • Starr, Martha Jane, 1906-2011 (1)
  • Tilton, Martha (1)
  • Travis, Merle (1)
  • Wilber, Bob (1)
  • Wood, Robert E. (Robert Elkington), 1879-1969 (1)

Date Published

  • 1952 (298)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1946 (2)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • (-) 1947 (332)

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