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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

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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

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

Crowds of people watching girls dancing

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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

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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

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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

Five unidentified men in military uniforms

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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

Four men sitting in chairs

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Four unidentified men sitting in chairs in the backyard of a house, likely in Monrovia. Two of the men are partially out of the photo. One man is...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Four men wearing uniforms on a pier

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Four unidentified men wearing uniforms and standing on a pier, likely in Monrovia. The man second from left, possibly Leon Jordan, is holding a small...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Griff and Muriel Davis with daughter Dorothy Madelyn

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Griff and Muriel Davis with daughter Dorothy Madelyn; likely outside the church where Dorothy was christened in Monrovia. Griff is wearing a light...

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

Group of men by a fire truck

Image

A group of unidentified men standing in front of a Monrovia Fire Bureau truck. The men are pumping water from a well with a large pipe and looking...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Group of unidentified people in a large doorway

Image

A group of unidentified people standing in a large doorway, likely in Monrovia. The men are wearing top hats and tuxedos. A woman is wearing a formal...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Hendrik Jordense, Howard Jordan, Orchid Jordan, Leon Jordan, and Lt. T. Colwel Jordense on a beach

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Hendrik Jordense, Lt. T. Colwell Jordense, Orchid Jordan, Leon Jordan, and Howard Jordan standing left to right on a beach in Monrovia. They are...

Date Published
February-01-1948
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Hendrik Jordense, Lt. T. Colwell Jordense, and Leon Jordan on a beach

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Hendrik Jordense, Lt. T. Colwell Jordense, and Leon Jordan standing left to right on a beach in Monrovia. Colwell is holding rope used to set up a...

Date Published
February-01-1948
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Henry and Zarr standing in front of a building

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Henry and Zarr (identified on back of photo) standing left to right in front of a building housing the Jordans' kitchen in Monrovia. Zarr is the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Jordan and Dudley at table with a group of unidentified people

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Leon Jordan and US Ambassador to Liberia Edward Dudley sitting at a dining table with a group of unidentified people at a formal gathering outside a...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Jordan and Dudley at table with a group of unidentified people

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Leon Jordan and US Ambassador to Liberia Edward Dudley sitting at table with a group of unidentified people at a formal gathering outside a large...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

large crowd standing on a newly dedicated port

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A large crowd standing on a newly dedicated port for Monrovia. Several ships are docked near the pier. Writing on the back of the photo indicates it...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Large group of people walking out of a building

Image

A large group of people standing around a large stone building that appears to be a church during a parade in Monrovia. A man wearing a tuxedo and top...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Large group of people walking out of a church

Image

A large group of people standing around a large stone building that appears to be a church in Monrovia. The women are wearing dresses and wearing...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Leon and Orchid Jordan in an office

Image

Leon and Orchid Jordan in an office, likely in Monrovia. Leon is sitting at a table covered with papers and sorting bins. Orchid is standing behind...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Leon and Orchid Jordan in front of an airplane

Image

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

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  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (90)

Types

  • photographs (90)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (90)
  • Gelatin silver prints (90)
  • Snapshots (90)
  • Portrait photographs (86)
  • (-) Group portraits (90)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (88)
  • 1941-1950 (83)

Subjects

  • Parades (17)
  • Soldiers (15)
  • Parties (12)
  • Airplanes (10)
  • Police (7)
  • Rites and ceremonies (7)
  • Boats and boating (6)
  • Baptism (5)
  • Crowds (4)
  • Liberians (4)
  • Men (4)
  • Rural conditions (4)
  • Buildings (3)
  • African American police (2)
  • Beaches (2)
  • Church buildings (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Huts (2)
  • Breastfeeding (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Fire engines (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Piers (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Streets (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) Monrovia (Liberia) (90)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (32)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (17)
  • Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971 (6)
  • Dudley, Edward R., 1911-2005 (2)

Date Published

  • 1947 (81)
  • 1952 (81)
  • 1953-09 (7)
  • 1948-02-01 (2)

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