Leon M. Jordan Collection

Description
This collection features photographs from the personal archive of African-American police detective, political leader from Kansas City, and trainer of Liberia's post-WWII national police force, Leon M. Jordan and his wife Orchid Irene Ramsey Jordan. The photographs range in date from the 1910s to the 1980s.
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Five unidentified women standing by trees

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Two unidentified men and an unidentified woman standing in front of a vehicle

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Unidentified man and woman in a multiple exposure photograph

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Unidentified woman between two unidentified men and a small dog

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Unidentified white man with a gun in a holster

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Unidentified man grabbing a spare wheel

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Leon and Orchid Jordan sitting with an unidentified man

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Leon Jordan sitting with unidentified man taking notes

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Leon Jordan sitting with an unidentified man

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Several large concrete containers and a house

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Empty folding chairs outside of Antoinette Tubman Stadium

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Three unidentified women sitting on a beach

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Five unidentified men on a beach

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Group of uniformed firemen

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Group of uniformed firemen

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