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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

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

Burglary and Robbery Bureau of 1945

Image

Group photo of the Burglary and Robbery Bureau of the Kansas City Police. Everyone is looking forward and smiling. Sitting in the front row (left to...

Date Published
1945
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

Chauncey Downs, Leon Jordan, and Clifford Warren with three Antler Lodge members

Image

Chauncey Downs, Leon Jordan, and Clifford Warren with three unidentified men at an event for Antler Lodge No. 1426. The members are awarding a gift to...

Date Published
1965
1970
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Children walking across a large concrete pier

Image

Children walking across a large concrete pier possibly in Barcelona. The children are wearing black robes over t-shirts and shorts. A car is parked on...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Couples dancing during a party at American Legation

Image

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

Image

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

Exterior shot of an Episcopal Church

Image

Exterior shot of the Episcopal Church where Dorothy Madelyn Davis was christened in Monrovia. Several unidentified people are standing in front of the...

Date Published
September-1953
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Fifteen people in the offices of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

Image

Fifteen unidentified people sitting in the offices of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. The man in the center of the front row is holding...

Date Published
1975
1980
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five matadors and a bull in the center of a large stadium

Image

Five matadors and a bull in the center of a large stadium in Barcelona. The bull in running toward one of the matadors. The stadium has two levels of...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five unidentified men in military uniforms

Image

Five unidentified men in military uniforms standing in front of a car on the street in Monrovia. The men are wearing formal dress uniforms and looking...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five unidentified men on a beach

Image

Five unidentified men on a beach in Liberia in front of large kayaks. The men are wearing swimming shorts and looking forward.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five unidentified men on a beach

Image

Five unidentified men on a beach in Liberia in front of large canoes. The men are wearing swimming shorts and looking forward.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five unidentified people on a dirt road

Image

Five unidentified people standing on a dirt road in the middle of a village in rural Liberia. A woman in the center is holding a small child. Everyone...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five unidentified women on the beach

Image

Five unidentified women on the beach in Liberia. Four women are sitting at a table under an umbrella and playing cards. A fifth woman standing on the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Five unidentified women standing by trees

Image

Five unidentified women standing in front of trees and bushes in a rural area of Liberia. The woman on the left is holding a small child. All the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four matadors and a bull at the side of a large stadium

Image

Four matadors and a bull at the side of a large stadium in Barcelona. The bull in running toward one of the matadors. The stadium has two levels of...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four men in an open dirt road

Image

Four unidentified men standing in an open dirt road, somewhere in Liberia. The men are wearing floor length robes and head coverings.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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  • (-) Leon M. Jordan Collection (385)

Types

  • photographs (385)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (382)
  • Gelatin silver prints (382)
  • Snapshots (378)
  • Portrait photographs (363)
  • Publicity photographs (7)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • (-) Group portraits (385)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (321)
  • 1941-1950 (242)
  • 1961-1970 (10)
  • 1971-1980 (7)
  • 1981-1990 (7)
  • 1931-1940 (3)
  • 1911-1920 (1)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • Rural conditions (33)
  • Parades (26)
  • Parties (24)
  • Boats and boating (22)
  • Soldiers (19)
  • Beaches (18)
  • Statues (18)
  • Bullfights (17)
  • Airplanes (15)
  • Art, African (14)
  • Street life (14)
  • Crowds (13)
  • Rites and ceremonies (13)
  • Buildings (11)
  • Huts (10)
  • Families (9)
  • Liberians (9)
  • African American women politicians (8)
  • Landscape gardening (7)
  • Police (7)
  • Men (6)
  • Restaurants (6)
  • Baptism (5)
  • Tour guides (Persons) (5)
  • Dinners and dining (4)
  • Plazas (4)
  • Stores, Retail (4)
  • Women (4)
  • African American police (3)
  • African American women (3)
  • Bridges (3)
  • Church buildings (3)
  • Fire engines (3)
  • Marching bands (3)
  • Military uniforms (3)
  • Monuments (3)
  • Piers (3)
  • Politicians (3)
  • Sailors (3)
  • Thatched buildings (3)
  • African American politicians (2)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Carriages and carts (2)
  • Castles (2)
  • Cows (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Dwellings (2)
  • Embassy buildings (2)
  • Folk dancers (2)
  • Streets (2)
  • Tour Eiffel (Paris, France) (2)
  • Villages (2)
  • Violinists (2)
  • African American women dancers (1)
  • Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France) (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Breastfeeding (1)
  • Dance (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Detectives (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Folk art (1)
  • Fountains (1)
  • Fraternal organizations (1)
  • Gardens (1)
  • Greek letter societies (1)
  • Handicraft (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Parrots (1)
  • Popes (1)
  • Presidents--Inauguration (1)
  • Railroads (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Ruins (1)
  • School children (1)
  • Schools (1)
  • Street-railroads (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (119)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (90)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (45)
  • Barcelona (Spain) (20)
  • Europe (16)
  • Paris (France) (13)
  • Jefferson City (Mo.) (9)
  • Spain (9)
  • Italy (8)
  • Robertsport (Liberia) (5)
  • London (England) (3)
  • Gbarnga (Liberia) (1)
  • Rome (Italy) (1)
  • Vatican City (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (105)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (91)
  • 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)
  • Watkins, Bruce R. (Bruce Riley), 1924-1980 (2)
  • Watkins, Rhae (2)
  • Dennis, Gabriel, 1896-1954 (1)
  • Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975 (1)
  • Manan ʼAsfāw, ʼEtégé, 1891-1962 (1)
  • Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958 (1)

Date Published

  • 1952 (279)
  • 1947 (207)
  • 1950 (24)
  • 1955 (20)
  • 1960 (18)
  • 1945 (11)
  • 1941 (10)
  • 1951-03-05 (9)
  • 1953-09 (7)
  • 1970 (7)
  • 1981 (7)
  • 1985 (7)
  • 1980 (6)
  • 1965 (4)
  • 1971 (4)
  • 1931 (3)
  • 1935 (3)
  • 1946 (3)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1948-02-01 (2)
  • 1952-01 (2)
  • 1963 (2)
  • 1975 (2)
  • 1915 (1)
  • 1920 (1)
  • 1925 (1)
  • 1949-09-01 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1951-11-01 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1955-01-01 (1)
  • 1955-02-12 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1968 (1)
  • 1972 (1)
  • 1979 (1)

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