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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

Archie League shaking hands with L. Perry Cookingham

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Archie League shaking hands with L. Perry Cookingham in front of a small plane.

Date Published
November-1961
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Buck Clayton and others outside their plane

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Buck Clayton standing with Eddie Condon, Vic Dickenson, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman and Cliff Leeman on the tarmac outside of their TWA plane.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton and others outside their plane

Image

Buck Clayton standing with Eddie Condon, Vic Dickenson, Pee Wee Russell, Bud Freeman and Cliff Leeman on the tarmac outside of their TWA plane.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton gets the window seat

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Buck Clayton at the window seat aboard an airplane and wearing a lei en route to San Francisco, California; likely Vic Dickenson seated behind Buck.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buck Clayton on a plane

Image

Buck Clayton seated aboard an airplane between Eddie Condon and Bud Freeman with Vic Dickenson seated behind them en route to San Francisco...

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Eddie Condon listening to someone on a plane

Image

Eddie Condon listening to a scarcely visible someone next to him aboard an airplane en route to San Francisco, California; Vic Dickenson in sunglasses...

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Fighter plane and bomber plane

Image

A fighter plane and bomber plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. The fighter on the left has a star emblem on the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four people walking around a plane

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

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four people walking around a plane

Image

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

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four unidentified people standing near a plane

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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

Jimmy Rushing looking out the plane window

Image

Jimmy Rushing seated on an airplane and looking out the window en route to New Zealand.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Jimmy Rushing on a plane

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Jimmy Rushing seated on an airplane at night or early morning en route to New Zealand.

Date Published
March-01-1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Leon and Orchid Jordan in front of an airplane

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Leon and Orchid Jordan standing in front of an airplane on a dirt airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. Leon is holding Orchid...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Leon Jordan, Orchid Jordan, and Hendrik Jordense in front of a car and plane

Image

Leon Jordan, Orchid Jordan, and Hendrik Jordense standing in front of a car and plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Leon Jordan, Orchid Jordan, and Hendrik Jordense in front of a car and plane

Image

Leon Jordan, Orchid Jordan, and Hendrik Jordense standing in front of a car and plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Lyndon Johnson with Jim Bolling

Image

Lyndon Johnson standing on a runway with Jim Bolling at an airport. An unidentified white man in a uniform stands in back. Johnson and Bolling are...

Date Published
1958
1964
Member of
Richard W. Bolling Collection

Man in a pilot's jacket next to a propeller airplane

Image

Unidentified white man standing in a leather pilot's jacket in a hangar next to a propeller airplane. There is a ladder and various sheets of wood on...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Man standing on a dirt airfield

Image

An unidentified man standing on a dirt airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. A single propeller plane is on the other side of the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Members of the Warren Durrett Orchestra deplaning from a Trans World Airlines plane

Image

Members of the Warren Durrett Orchestra, two white men and a white woman, deplaning a Trans World Airlines plane at night. There is a short ramp on...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Orchid Jordan and Hendrick Jordense at James Spriggs Payne Airfield

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Orchid Jordan and Hendrick Jordense standing in front of a car and plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. Leon Jordan...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Orchid Jordan and Hendrik Jordense at James Spriggs Payne Airfield

Image

Orchid Jordan and Hendrik Jordense standing in front of a car and plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. Leon Jordan...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Orchid Jordan and Hendrik Jordense at James Spriggs Payne Airfield

Image

Orchid Jordan and Hendrik Jordense standing in front of a car and plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. Leon Jordan...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Orchid Jordan at James Spriggs Payne Airfield

Image

Orchid Jordan standing in front of a plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. Leon Jordan is walking away in the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (25)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (10)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (6)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (1)
  • Richard W. Bolling Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (47)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (45)
  • Gelatin silver prints (45)
  • Group portraits (27)
  • Portrait photographs (22)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Portraits (2)
  • Aerial photographs (1)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • (-) Snapshots (47)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (32)
  • 1951-1960 (29)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1981-1990 (2)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (13)
  • Men, White (11)
  • African American jazz musicians (8)
  • Jazz musicians, White (8)
  • African American men (5)
  • Women, White (5)
  • Big bands (3)
  • Flight attendants (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Airports (2)
  • Air pilots (1)
  • Airplanes--Wings (1)
  • Airport terminals (1)
  • Air travel (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Flight (1)
  • Journalists (1)
  • Journalists--Travel (1)
  • Luggage (1)
  • Museums (1)
  • Politicians (1)
  • Presidents--U.S. states (1)
  • Runways (Aeronautics) (1)
  • Uniforms (1)
  • Wright Flyer (Airplane) (1)
  • (-) Airplanes (47)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Monrovia (Liberia) (20)
  • Liberia (5)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • Panama Canal (Panama) (1)
  • Washington (D.C.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Dickenson, Vic (7)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (7)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (7)
  • Durrett, Warren (5)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (4)
  • Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973 (4)
  • Freeman, Bud, 1906-1991 (3)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (2)
  • Leeman, Cliff (2)
  • Rushing, Jimmy (2)
  • Russell, Pee Wee (2)
  • Bolling, Jim (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (1)
  • League, Archie William, 1907-1986 (1)

Events

  • National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights (1)

Date Published

  • 1947 (25)
  • 1952 (25)
  • 1964-03-01 (10)
  • 1945 (5)
  • 1949 (5)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961-11 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1981-02 (1)
  • 1987-10-11 (1)

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