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1941 Council - flight over K.C.

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Paul Richter (V.P. TWA), L. Perry Cookingham, Frank Backstrom, unidentified Flight Attendant, Joseph Fennelly, Edward Harris, M. Duback, Reed McKinley...

Date Published
1941
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Airplane on a dirt airfield

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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

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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

Eddie Rickenbacker and Cookingham meet for first DC 4 flight

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Jack Fry (Pres TWA), Eddie Rickenbacker, and L. Perry Cookingham stand in airplane for first flight of DC 4.

Date Published
1942
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Eddie Rickenbacker and Cookingham meet for first DC 4 flight

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Jack Fry (Pres TWA), Eddie Rickenbacker, and L. Perry Cookingham stand in airplane for first flight of DC 4.

Date Published
1942
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Fighter plane and bomber plane

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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

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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 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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

People in front of a large bomber

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A group of unidentified people standing in front of a large bomber plane on an airfield, likely James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Perry when he was fixing the aircourse

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L. Perry Cookingham wearing tan jacket and cap sitting in pilots seat of airplane.

Date Published
1948
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Princess Elizabeth, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother stand by an airplane

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Two unidentified military personnel stand to the right of Princess (Queen) Elizabeth, her father, King George the VI, the Queen Mother and an...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Queen Elizabeth standing in front of an airplane

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A windswept Princess (Queen) Elizabeth, eyes closed, holds a bouquet of flowers on her left arm as she holds her hat down with her right hand, and...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Rosemary Clooney

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Rosemary Clooney holding bouquet of red roses standing besides TWA plane.

Date Published
1949
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Single propeller plane on a dirt field

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A single propeller plane on a dirt field, possibly James Spriggs Payne Airfield in Monrovia. The plane has a single dark stripe along the side. A car...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

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Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (25)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (7)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (5)
  • Ted Malone Collection (2)
  • Walt Bodine Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (40)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (38)
  • Gelatin silver prints (38)
  • Snapshots (32)
  • Portrait photographs (24)
  • Group portraits (22)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Film transparencies (1)
  • Portraits (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Stereographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (27)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (40)

Subjects

  • Men, White (8)
  • Women, White (7)
  • Jazz musicians (5)
  • Jazz musicians, White (5)
  • Big bands (4)
  • Flight attendants (4)
  • City managers (3)
  • Jazz singers (3)
  • Bouquets (2)
  • Princesses (2)
  • Air pilots (1)
  • Airplane pilots (1)
  • Airports (1)
  • Kings and rulers (1)
  • Luggage (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Municipal government (1)
  • Princes (1)
  • Queens (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • (-) Airplanes (40)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Monrovia (Liberia) (20)
  • Liberia (5)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (7)
  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (7)
  • Durrett, Warren (6)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (4)
  • Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- (2)
  • Frye, William John, 1904-1959 (2)
  • Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 (2)
  • Bodine, Walt, 1920- (1)
  • Clooney, Rosemary (1)
  • Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002 (1)
  • George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952 (1)
  • Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921- (1)
  • Richter, Paul E., 1896-1949 (1)

Date Published

  • 1947 (25)
  • 1952 (25)
  • 1945 (8)
  • 1949 (7)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1948 (1)

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