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Publicity still from "New Orleans"

Image

Publicity still from film "New Orleans" featuring Louis Armstrong (trumpet, looking down over piano), Zutty Singleton (drums), Red Callender (bass)...

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

Railroad bridge over a river

Image

Railroad bridge over a river in the wilderness of Liberia. A boat with people is going under the bridge and several people are sitting on the side of...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

Image

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II reading reviews of their play "Allegro" on the Boston Commons. Hammerstein is holding a paper and looking...

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

Santa Fe Trek

Image

L. Perry Cookingham in western wear lifting the back of unidentified persons hat who is kneeling facing backwards in chair wearing a shirt embroidered...

Date Published
1947
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Seven unidentified men standing in front of Liberian Customs

Image

Seven unidentified men standing in front of a temporary building setup for Liberian Customs in Monrovia. Three men are kneeling and the others are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several boats docked at a pier

Image

Several boats docked at a pier in Liberia. One boat is named the Les Andelys. All the boats are medium size, likely for shipping and transport.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several boats in an open harbor

Image

Several boats in an open harbor in Liberia. Several people are walking in the shallow waters far in the distance.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several children and adults standing between huts

Image

Several children standing in front of a group of adults in between several huts in a rural Liberian village. The adult women are wearing headdresses...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several huts on water

Image

Several thatched roof huts on the edge of a body of water, likely in Monrovia. There are boats docked next to the buildings.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several large concrete containers and a house

Image

Several large concrete containers and a house in the middle of the jungle of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several officials at a dedication ceremony

Image

Several officials walking through a crowd of people during a dedication ceremony, likely in Monrovia. The man in the center of the photo in a dark...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several people on the deck of a ship

Image

Several unidentified people on the deck of a ship looking down at a smaller motorboat approaching the larger ship. The ships are likely in waters near...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several small buildings on the edge of a pier

Image

Several small buildings on the edge of a pier, likely in Liberia. A large corrugated roof extends along the side of the pier.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several tables and chairs on a stone patio

Image

Several tables and chairs on a stone patio behind a large building, somewhere in Liberia. The building is made of white stone and has a well...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several thatch houses on the side of an open road

Image

Several thatched houses on the side of an open road in rural Liberia. The central house is circular. They are in front of dense trees.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several unidentified men wearing top hats and tuxedos

Image

Several unidentified men wearing top hats and tuxedos walking down a street during a parade or event in Monrovia. Uniformed military personnel are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Several women walking down the street

Image

Several unidentified women walking down the street during a parade or event in Monrovia. The women are wearing dresses and large hats. Soldiers are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Side of a hut

Image

The side of a hut made of thatched leaves in rural Liberia. Several large branches are tied together as makeshift poles.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Sign for the Executive Mansion Washman

Image

Sign displaying info for the Executive Mansion Washman facilities in Monrovia, Liberia. The sign lists the four men running the washman facilities on...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Single propeller plane on a dirt field

Image

A single propeller plane on a dirt field, possibly James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. The plane has a single dark stripe along the side. A car...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Single propeller plane on a dirt field

Image

A single propeller plane on a dirt field, possibly James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. The plane has a single dark stripe along the side. A car...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Single propeller plane on a dirt field

Image

A single propeller plane on a dirt field, possibly James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. The plane has a single dark stripe along the side. A car...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Single propeller plane on a dirt field

Image

A single propeller plane on a dirt field, possibly James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. The plane has a single dark stripe along the side. A car...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Six people walking around a plane

Image

Six unidentified people walking around a plane on a sandy field in Liberia. All six are wandering around the area, wearing light colored clothes and...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Six people walking around a plane

Image

Six unidentified people walking around a plane on a sandy field in Liberia. All six are wandering around the area, wearing light colored clothes and...

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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