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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

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

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

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 people, on an open road somewhere...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Clifford Warren

Image

Headshot of Major Clifford Warren, Leon Jordan's KCPD partner. Warren is wearing a dress uniform and hat along with badges and insignia of the Kansas...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Clouds rolling over open waters

Image

Clouds rolling in over open waters in Liberia. The edge of a lake or bay is far in the distance.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Coastline of a harbor

Image

Coastline of a harbor in Freetown, Sierra Leone (indicated on back of photo). The coastline is hazy with fog and a large metal chain railing is in the...

Date Published
December-01-1947
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Coastline of a harbor

Image

Coastline of a harbor in Freetown, Sierra Leone (indicated on back of photo). The coastline is hazy with fog and a large metal chain railing is in the...

Date Published
December-01-1947
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

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  • (-) Leon M. Jordan Collection (374)

Types

  • photographs (374)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (374)
  • Gelatin silver prints (374)
  • Snapshots (361)
  • Portrait photographs (298)
  • Group portraits (242)
  • Publicity photographs (13)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (304)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (374)

Subjects

  • Boats and boating (41)
  • Rural conditions (39)
  • Buildings (27)
  • Airplanes (25)
  • Statues (21)
  • Soldiers (20)
  • Art, African (19)
  • Parties (19)
  • Beaches (18)
  • Parades (17)
  • Huts (14)
  • Street life (12)
  • Liberians (11)
  • Rites and ceremonies (10)
  • Dwellings (9)
  • Men (8)
  • Crowds (7)
  • Police (7)
  • Streets (7)
  • African American police (6)
  • Thatched buildings (6)
  • Automobiles (5)
  • Tour guides (Persons) (5)
  • African American women dancers (4)
  • Dinners and dining (4)
  • Jewelry (4)
  • Piers (4)
  • Aerial views (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Fire engines (3)
  • Military uniforms (3)
  • Monuments (3)
  • Sailors (3)
  • Women (3)
  • African American women (2)
  • African American women singers (2)
  • Bodies of water (2)
  • Cows (2)
  • Customs administration (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Folk dancers (2)
  • Identification photographs (2)
  • Stores, Retail (2)
  • Thatched roofs (2)
  • Villages (2)
  • African American detectives (1)
  • African American politicians (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Antiaircraft guns (1)
  • Baskets (1)
  • Blue collar workers (1)
  • Boys (1)
  • Bridges (1)
  • Church buildings (1)
  • Detectives (1)
  • Dogs (1)
  • Flags (1)
  • Gardening (1)
  • Lobsters (1)
  • Manual work (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Muslims (1)
  • Parrots (1)
  • Pestles (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Roads (1)
  • Schools (1)
  • Signs and signboards (1)
  • Trucks (1)
  • Vai (African people) (1)
  • Warehouses (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (152)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (119)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (45)
  • Robertsport (Liberia) (5)
  • Dakar (Senegal) (3)
  • Freetown (Sierra Leone) (3)
  • Gbarnga (Liberia) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (80)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (70)
  • Tubman, William V. S., 1895-1971 (7)
  • Dudley, Edward R., 1911-2005 (2)
  • Taylor, Myra (2)
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (1)
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 (1)
  • Garrette, Duke (1)

Date Published

  • 1947 (298)
  • 1952 (298)
  • 1950 (44)
  • 1945 (20)
  • 1941 (19)
  • 1946 (5)
  • 1947-12-01 (5)
  • 1948-02-01 (2)
  • 1950-03-20 (2)
  • 1947-11 (1)
  • 1947-11-01 (1)
  • 1947-12 (1)
  • 1948-01-01 (1)
  • 1949-09-01 (1)
  • 1949-10-11 (1)

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