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Five unidentified men on a beach

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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

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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 women on the beach

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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

Group of women playing cards on the beach

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A group of unidentified women sitting at a table on the beach in Liberia. They are sitting under a large striped umbrella and playing cards.

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

Orchid Jordan on the beach

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Orchid Jordan, two unidentified men, and an unidentified woman standing on the beach in Liberia. Orchid is standing on behind the men and looking...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Orchid Jordan on the beach

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Orchid Jordan, two unidentified men, and an unidentified woman standing on the beach in Liberia. Orchid is standing on the left, wearing a white...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Orchid Jordan on the beach

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Orchid Jordan, two unidentified women, and an unidentified man sitting on the beach in Liberia. Orchid is sitting on the left, wearing a white blouse...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Pauline Chamberlain next to Warren Durrett at Euclid Beach

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Pauline Chamberlain in a patterned dress next to Warren Durrett in a short sleeve button up shirt and long pants, who is leaning back with one leg up...

Date Published
August-09-1941
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

People sitting at tables under umbrellas on the beach

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People sitting at tables under umbrellas on the beach in Liberia. The man in front is looking down while talking. Everyone is playing games or talking...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

People sitting at tables under umbrellas on the beach

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People sitting at tables under umbrellas on the beach in Liberia. The man and woman in front are playing Cribbage.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Six unidentified men carrying a large canoe

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Six unidentified men carrying a large canoe on the beach towards water in Liberia. The canoe has intricate painting along the side.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Three unidentified women and a man on the beach

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Three unidentified women and an unidentified man sitting under beach umbrellas in Liberia. One woman is holding a ball.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Three unidentified women sitting on a beach

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Three unidentified women sitting on a beach in Liberia. The women are wearing swimming suits and holding cigarettes. A man in the background is...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Two bartenders at a table with drinks

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Two bartenders standing at a table with drinks on the beach in Liberia. The table is under a large umbrella. Several crates of drinks are under the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Two unidentified men on the beach

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Two unidentified men standing on the beach in Liberia. The man on the left is holding a camera. Both men are looking forward and smiling.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Unidentified people sitting under umbrellas

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Unidentified people sitting under umbrellas on the beach in Liberia. People are sitting on several rugs. The umbrellas are made of ornate cloth.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Unidentified woman on the beach

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An unidentified woman sitting on the beach in Liberia. She is wearing a light colored dress and pearl necklace and smiling.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Unidentified women at the beach

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Two unidentified white women seated on rocks by the beach. They both have their arms crossed and they are turned away from the camera. The woman on...

Date Published
1945
1949
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett and a woman at the beach

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Smiling Warren Durrett seated in a shirt with rolled up sleeves and a pen in the front pocket and pinstriped pants. A woman is behind him with her...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett crouching on a ledge at the beach

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Warren Durrett in sunglasses, a button up shirt, and long pants, crouching on a rock overlooking the beach, with his hands hanging in front of his lap...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Warren Durrett standing in the water

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Blurry photo of Warren Durrett in a long sleeve shirt and pants with rolled up legs, standing in ankle-deep water at the beach, with a small wave...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection
  • Clear selected
  • Beaches
  • 1941-1950

Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (18)
  • Warren Durrett Collection (5)

Types

  • photographs (23)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (23)
  • Gelatin silver prints (23)
  • Snapshots (23)
  • Group portraits (21)
  • Portrait photographs (21)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (16)
  • (-) 1941-1950 (23)

Subjects

  • Boats and boating (3)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Jazz musicians, White (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Beachgoers (1)
  • Bodies of water (1)
  • Lakes (1)
  • Water (1)
  • (-) Beaches (23)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Liberia (16)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (2)
  • Cleveland (Ohio) (1)
  • Erie, Lake (1)

Subjects, People

  • Jordan, Orchid, 1910-1995 (5)
  • Durrett, Warren (4)
  • Jordan, Leon M. (Leon Mercer), 1905-1970 (2)
  • Chamberlain, Pauline (1)

Date Published

  • 1947 (16)
  • 1952 (16)
  • 1941 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1948-02-01 (2)
  • 1941-08-09 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1949 (1)

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