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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

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

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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

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

Bishop Brown christening Dorothy Madelyn Davis

Image

Bishop Brown (right) and and an unidentified clergyman christening Dorothy Madelyn Davis, likely in Monrovia. Brown is holding Davis over the...

Date Published
September-1953
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

Bull and matador in the center of a large stadium

Image

A bull and matador in the center of a large stadium in Barcelona. The bull is running through a cape being waived by the matador. The stadium has two...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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  • (-) Leon M. Jordan Collection (670)

Types

  • photographs (670)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (670)
  • Snapshots (638)
  • Portrait photographs (499)
  • Group portraits (382)
  • Publicity photographs (32)
  • Cityscape photographs (2)
  • (-) Gelatin silver prints (670)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (553)
  • 1941-1950 (374)
  • 1961-1970 (15)
  • 1971-1980 (14)
  • 1981-1990 (13)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1911-1920 (1)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • Buildings (52)
  • Boats and boating (50)
  • Statues (46)
  • Rural conditions (39)
  • Parades (27)
  • Art, African (26)
  • Airplanes (25)
  • Parties (24)
  • Bullfights (23)
  • African American women politicians (20)
  • Soldiers (20)
  • Beaches (18)
  • Crowds (17)
  • Street life (17)
  • Huts (14)
  • Rites and ceremonies (13)
  • Plazas (12)
  • Liberians (11)
  • Dwellings (10)
  • Restaurants (10)
  • Families (9)
  • Streets (9)
  • Landscape gardening (8)
  • Men (8)
  • African American police (7)
  • Castles (7)
  • Cathedrals (7)
  • Monuments (7)
  • Police (7)
  • Ruins (7)
  • Automobiles (6)
  • Bridges (6)
  • Piers (6)
  • Stores, Retail (6)
  • Thatched buildings (6)
  • Baptism (5)
  • Bodies of water (5)
  • Church buildings (5)
  • Cliffs (5)
  • Fountains (5)
  • Ruined buildings (5)
  • Tour guides (Persons) (5)
  • African American politicians (4)
  • African American women (4)
  • African American women dancers (4)
  • Carriages and carts (4)
  • Dinners and dining (4)
  • Dogs (4)
  • Gardens (4)
  • Handicraft (4)
  • Jewelry (4)
  • Politicians (4)
  • Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) (4)
  • Women (4)
  • Actors (3)
  • Aerial views (3)
  • African American detectives (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) (3)
  • Fire engines (3)
  • Marching bands (3)
  • Military uniforms (3)
  • Rivers (3)
  • Sailors (3)
  • Street-railroads (3)
  • African American women singers (2)
  • Boys (2)
  • Cows (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Embassy buildings (2)
  • Flags (2)
  • Folk dancers (2)
  • Identification photographs (2)
  • Museums (2)
  • Signs and signboards (2)
  • Thatched roofs (2)
  • Trucks (2)
  • Villages (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Antiaircraft guns (1)
  • Aqueducts (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Benches (1)
  • Blue collar workers (1)
  • Breastfeeding (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Detectives (1)
  • Fingerprints--Identification (1)
  • Folk art (1)
  • Fraternal organizations (1)
  • Gardening (1)
  • Greek letter societies (1)
  • Hides and skins (1)
  • Homes (1)
  • Hotels (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Lobsters (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Muslims (1)
  • Parrots (1)
  • Pestles (1)
  • Popes (1)
  • Presidents (1)
  • Presidents--Inauguration (1)
  • Railroads (1)
  • Railroads, Cable (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • School children (1)
  • Schools (1)
  • Vai (African people) (1)
  • Warehouses (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (165)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (127)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (81)
  • Europe (50)
  • Barcelona (Spain) (38)
  • Paris (France) (33)
  • Italy (22)
  • Jefferson City (Mo.) (18)
  • Spain (16)
  • London (England) (10)
  • Vatican City (9)
  • Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City) (7)
  • Robertsport (Liberia) (5)
  • Dakar (Senegal) (3)
  • Freetown (Sierra Leone) (3)
  • Rome (Italy) (3)
  • Mediterranean Coast (Italy) (2)
  • Avinguda de la Catedral (Barcelona, Spain) (1)
  • Gbarnga (Liberia) (1)
  • Independence (Mo.) (1)
  • Tower Bridge (London, England) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (135)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (134)
  • Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971 (7)
  • Davis, Ilus W., 1917-1996 (2)
  • Dudley, Edward R., 1911-2005 (2)
  • Holliday, Harold L., Sr., 1918-1985 (2)
  • Holliday, Margaret (2)
  • Swinton, Lee Vertis, 1922-1994 (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980 (2)
  • Watkins, Rhae (2)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Dennis, Gabriel, 1896-1954 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006 (1)
  • Francis, Robert, 1930-1955 (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)
  • Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 (1)
  • Hearnes, Warren E. (Warren Eastman), 1923-2009 (1)
  • Manan ʼAsfāw, ʼEtégé, 1891-1962 (1)
  • Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 (1)
  • Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (1)
  • Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (1)

Date Published

  • 1952 (482)
  • 1947 (298)
  • 1950 (44)
  • 1955 (38)
  • 1960 (31)
  • 1945 (20)
  • 1941 (19)
  • 1981 (13)
  • 1985 (13)
  • 1980 (12)
  • 1970 (11)
  • 1951-03-05 (10)
  • 1975 (8)
  • 1953-09 (7)
  • 1961 (6)
  • 1946 (5)
  • 1947-12-01 (5)
  • 1965 (5)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1955-01-01 (3)
  • 1948-02-01 (2)
  • 1950-03-20 (2)
  • 1951 (2)
  • 1952-01 (2)
  • 1963 (2)
  • 1968 (2)
  • 1915 (1)
  • 1920 (1)
  • 1925 (1)
  • 1947-11 (1)
  • 1947-11-01 (1)
  • 1947-12 (1)
  • 1948-01-01 (1)
  • 1949-09-01 (1)
  • 1949-10-11 (1)
  • 1951-01-26 (1)
  • 1951-11-01 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1955-02-12 (1)
  • 1957-06-15 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1972 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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