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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

Alameda Plaza Water Fall + Sculpture

Image

Fountain in front of the Alameda Plaza Hotel depicting a woman and cherubs.

Date Published
1952
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham 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

Image

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

Archway of the Middle Tower

Image

An archway of the Middle Tower at the Tower of London. An unidentified woman and girl are walking through the arch. A British soldier in uniform and...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Art prints hanging from the side of a wooden stall

Image

Art prints hanging from the side of a wooden stall in Paris. The prints are of flowers and animals. Some are reproductions of paintings.

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Baby portrait of Candice Clayton

Image

Portrait of Candice Clayton as an infant in a white dress.

Date Published
1952
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Beneath the Eiffel Tower

Image

Beneath the Eiffel Tower. The base tower support is made of intricate metal designs. A road goes under the main archway.

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Boat docked in a harbor

Image

A boat docked in a harbor somewhere in Italy. The boat has a sign that reads "Diretto Napoli." The boat has two levels and a large pole in the back.

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Boats docked along a concrete pier

Image

Boats docked along a concrete pier, likely in Italy. One of the boats has two levels, intended for passengers or tourists.

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Boy standing in front of several large buildings

Image

An unidentified boy standing in front of several large buildings somewhere in Spain. The boy is wearing a striped t-shirt and is holding his hands on...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Building entrances to tourist services

Image

Building entrances to tourist services in Italy. The archway on the left leads to the funicular and the door on the right leads to information...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Building in St. Peter's Square

Image

A building in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. The building has a rooftop balcony with a row of statues.

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Buildings along St. Peter's Square

Image

Buildings along St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Several people are walking across the plaza and a car is parked on one side. The buildings have...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Buildings lining the entrance to St. Peter's Square

Image

Buildings lining the entrance to St. Peter's Square in Vatican city. The buildings have ornate columns. There is a row of concrete pillars.

Date Published
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 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

Image

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

Bull and matador at the side of a large stadium

Image

A bull and matador at the side of a large stadium in Barcelona. The bull is running toward the matador who is standing by a gate. The stadium has two...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (482)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (12)
  • Ted Malone Collection (6)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (1)
  • Vic Damon Collection (1)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • (-) photographs (506)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (503)
  • Gelatin silver prints (503)
  • Snapshots (484)
  • Portrait photographs (347)
  • Group portraits (294)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Film transparencies (3)
  • Stereographs (3)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • Publicity photographs (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Cityscapes (1)
  • Portraits (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (505)
  • 1941-1950 (299)

Subjects

  • Buildings (52)
  • Boats and boating (42)
  • Rural conditions (39)
  • Airplanes (25)
  • Bullfights (23)
  • Statues (21)
  • Soldiers (20)
  • Parades (19)
  • Parties (17)
  • Street life (17)
  • Beaches (16)
  • Huts (14)
  • Plazas (12)
  • Liberians (11)
  • Restaurants (10)
  • Rites and ceremonies (10)
  • Dwellings (9)
  • Streets (9)
  • City managers (8)
  • Crowds (8)
  • Landscape gardening (8)
  • Men (8)
  • Castles (7)
  • Cathedrals (7)
  • Monuments (7)
  • Police (7)
  • Ruins (7)
  • Automobiles (6)
  • Bridges (6)
  • Fountains (6)
  • Piers (6)
  • Stores, Retail (6)
  • Thatched buildings (6)
  • African American police (5)
  • Bodies of water (5)
  • Cliffs (5)
  • Men, White (5)
  • Ruined buildings (5)
  • Tour guides (Persons) (5)
  • Carriages and carts (4)
  • Church buildings (4)
  • Dinners and dining (4)
  • Gardens (4)
  • Handicraft (4)
  • Office buildings (4)
  • Skyscrapers (4)
  • Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) (4)
  • Actors (3)
  • Aerial views (3)
  • African American women (3)
  • Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) (3)
  • Fire engines (3)
  • Military uniforms (3)
  • Rivers (3)
  • Sailors (3)
  • Street-railroads (3)
  • Women (3)
  • African American men (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Cows (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Embassy buildings (2)
  • Folk dancers (2)
  • Museums (2)
  • Thatched roofs (2)
  • Trucks (2)
  • Trumpet players (2)
  • Villages (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American children (1)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Antiaircraft guns (1)
  • Aqueducts (1)
  • Architects (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Benches (1)
  • Blue collar workers (1)
  • Camera operators (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • Civil service (1)
  • Courtyards (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Degrees, Academic (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Gardening (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Husband and wife (1)
  • Infants (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Mothers and sons (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Municipal lighting (1)
  • Muslims (1)
  • Opera--Stage-setting and scenery (1)
  • Parrots (1)
  • Pestles (1)
  • Popes (1)
  • Public art (1)
  • Radio broadcasting (1)
  • Railroads (1)
  • Railroads, Cable (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Scaffolding, Metal (1)
  • Schools (1)
  • Set designers (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Special events (1)
  • Television broadcasting (1)
  • Television journalists (1)
  • Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery (1)
  • Vai (African people) (1)
  • Warehouses (1)
  • Window cleaners (Persons) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (151)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (116)
  • Europe (50)
  • Barcelona (Spain) (38)
  • Paris (France) (33)
  • Italy (22)
  • Spain (16)
  • London (England) (10)
  • Vatican City (9)
  • Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) (7)
  • New York (N.Y.) (5)
  • Robertsport (Liberia) (5)
  • Rome (Italy) (3)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (2)
  • Mediterranean Coast (Italy) (2)
  • Avinguda de la Catedral (Barcelona, Spain) (1)
  • Cleveland (Ohio) (1)
  • Gbarnga (Liberia) (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)
  • Parkville (Missouri) (1)
  • Tower Bridge (London, England) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (75)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (53)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (9)
  • Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971 (6)
  • Anthony, Ray, 1922- (2)
  • Dudley, Edward R., 1911-2005 (2)
  • Bodine, Bernadine (Bernadine Mary), 1918-2003 (1)
  • Bodine, Mary (Mary Ethyl), 1893-1952 (1)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (1)
  • Byars, Forest (1)
  • Clayton, Candice (1)
  • Damon, Victor L., 1901-1974 (1)
  • Darby, Harry, 1895-1987 (1)
  • Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 (1)
  • Johnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 (1)
  • Malone, Ted, 1908-1989 (1)
  • Manan ʼAsfāw, ʼEtégé, 1891-1962 (1)
  • Monroe, James (Broadcaster) (1)
  • Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 (1)
  • Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (1)
  • Stooker, Marion J. (1)
  • White, Ronald, M. (1)
  • Whyte, Larry (1)

Date Published

  • 1947 (298)
  • 1959 (4)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • (-) 1952 (506)

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