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Aerial photo of houses and roads

Image

An aerial photo of houses and roads along the coast of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Aerial photo of houses and roads

Image

An aerial photo of houses and roads along the coast of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Aerial photo of houses and roads

Image

An aerial photo of houses and roads along the coast of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

African Patriot docks on a pier during a port dedication ceremony

Image

A large ship named African Patriot docks on a pier during a port dedication ceremony in Monrovia. The pier is lined with a large crowd of people.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

African Patriot docks on a pier during a port dedication ceremony

Image

A large ship named African Patriot docks on a pier during a port dedication ceremony in Monrovia. The pier is lined with a large crowd of people.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Airplane on a dirt airfield

Image

An airplane on a dirt airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. A car is parked in the background and two unidentified people are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Airplane on a dirt airfield

Image

An airplane on a dirt airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. A car is parked in the background and two unidentified people are...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Albert Witchen with two women

Image

Albert Witchen, Vice Consul for American Legation, sitting with two women at an outdoor dining table, possibly at a restaurant or party in Monrovia...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

American Legation

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American Legation Office and Minister Quarters in Monrovia. The three story house has large windows on all sides and floors of the building.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Buildings on a pier

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Buildings on a pier, viewed behind ship rigging and a metal pole.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Buildings on a pier

Image

Buildings on a pier, viewed behind ship rigging and a metal pole.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Buildings on the edge of water

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Buildings on the edge of a body of water, likely in Monrovia. The buildings have a fairly modern architecture style.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Bush Devil dancer on an open road

Image

A Bush Devil dancer, symbolic of the materialization of a spirit form as well as the chief's authority for the Vai tribe, on an open road somewhere in...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Bush Devil dancer on an open road

Image

A Bush Devil dancer, symbolic of the materialization of a spirit form as well as the chief's authority for the Vai tribe, on an open road somewhere in...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Bush Devil dancer on an open road

Image

A Bush Devil dancer, symbolic of the materialization of a spirit form as well as the chief's authority for the Vai people, on an open road somewhere...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Clouds rolling over open waters

Image

Clouds rolling in over open waters in Liberia. The edge of a lake or bay is far in the distance.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Couples dancing during a party at American Legation

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Couples dancing and people milling about during a party at the American Legation, Hansons House, in Monrovia. Orchid Jordan is dancing with a man...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Crowd of people boarding a large ship

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A crowd of people boarding a large ship. Everyone is gathering to walk up a staircase from the pier to the ship. People on the ship are leaning over...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Crowds of people watching girls dancing

Image

Crowds of people watching girls dancing during a parade or event in Monrovia. The girls are wearing white dresses and dancing around maypoles with...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Crowds on a large pier

Image

Crowds walking on a large pier, likely in Monrovia. A large shipping or transport ship is docked at the back of the pier.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Crowds on a large pier

Image

Crowds walking on a large pier, likely in Monrovia. A large shipping or transport ship is docked at the back of the pier.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Crowds on a large pier

Image

Crowds walking on a large pier, likely in Monrovia. A large shipping or transport ship is docked at the back of the pier. Many of the people walking...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Crowds watching a street parade

Image

Crowds watching a street parade for an event in Monrovia. Several uniformed officials are walking down the street with a group of young girls in white...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Dirt road headed toward rows of houses

Image

A dirt road in Liberia headed toward rows of houses in the distance. The houses are several stories high.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

dirt road through with tire tracks

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A dirt road with tire tracks running the length of the road in a rural area of Liberia. The road is surrounded by trees and bushes on both sides.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (298)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (299)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (299)
  • Gelatin silver prints (299)
  • Snapshots (299)
  • Portrait photographs (233)
  • Group portraits (208)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (299)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (299)

Subjects

  • Rural conditions (39)
  • Boats and boating (33)
  • Buildings (27)
  • Airplanes (25)
  • Soldiers (20)
  • Parades (17)
  • Parties (17)
  • Beaches (16)
  • Huts (14)
  • Street life (12)
  • Liberians (11)
  • Dwellings (9)
  • Rites and ceremonies (9)
  • Men (8)
  • Crowds (7)
  • Police (7)
  • Streets (7)
  • Statues (6)
  • Thatched buildings (6)
  • African American police (5)
  • Tour guides (Persons) (5)
  • Automobiles (4)
  • Dinners and dining (4)
  • Piers (4)
  • Aerial views (3)
  • Fire engines (3)
  • Military uniforms (3)
  • Monuments (3)
  • Sailors (3)
  • Women (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • Bodies of water (2)
  • Cows (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Folk dancers (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Stores, Retail (2)
  • Thatched roofs (2)
  • Villages (2)
  • Airports (1)
  • Antiaircraft guns (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Blue collar workers (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Bridges (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Gardening (1)
  • Husband and wife (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Muslims (1)
  • Parrots (1)
  • Pestles (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Schools (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trucks (1)
  • Vai (African people) (1)
  • Warehouses (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (150)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (116)
  • Robertsport (Liberia) (5)
  • Gbarnga (Liberia) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (47)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (42)
  • Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971 (6)
  • Dudley, Edward R., 1911-2005 (2)
  • Bodine, Bernadine (Bernadine Mary), 1918-2003 (1)
  • Bodine, Mary (Mary Ethyl), 1893-1952 (1)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (1)

Date Published

  • 1947 (298)
  • 1948 (1)
  • (-) 1952 (299)

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