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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Long line of people in front of a building

A long line of people standing in front of a three-story building with a striped awning in Liberia. The crowd is likely gathered for a parade.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0036.png

Members of a parade marching with a banner

Members of a parade marching in Liberia with a banner for Benjamin G. Freeman for Vice-President. Several men are holding the banner and a marching band is playing in back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0037.png

Large crowd walking in a parade

A large crowd walking in a parade down a road lined with onlookers in Liberia. The crowd is holding a Liberian flag and an unidentified flag. The parade is walking past several multi-story buildings.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0034.png

Long line of people in front of a building

A long line of people standing in front of a three-story building with a striped awning in Liberia. The crowd is likely gathered for a parade.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0035.png

Lines of people in the street

Long lines of people standing on both sides of an open street during the middle of the day in Liberia.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0029.png

Unidentified officials walking down a road

Unidentified officials and possibly religious figures walking down an open street in Liberia with crowds looking on in the back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0030.png

Group of uniformed firemen

A group of uniformed firemen in Liberia standing next to a fire engine. The men are connecting a hose to a fire hydrant on the street corner.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0042.png

Group of uniformed firemen

A group of uniformed firemen in Liberia watching a fire engine drive down the road. One man is riding on the back of the truck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0043.png

Long line of people walking down the road

A long line of people walking down a road during the day in Liberia. The crowd is walking in front of a three-story building surrounded by trees.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0031.png

Long line of people walking down the road

A long line of people walking down a road during the day in Liberia. The crowd is walking in front of several buildings.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0032.png

Members of a parade marching with a banner

Members of a parade marching in Liberia with a banner for William Tubman for President. Several men are holding the banner and a marching band is playing in back. A man wearing a suit, possibly William Tubman, is walking at the head of the group.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0038.png

Marching band in white uniforms

A marching band dressed in white uniforms walking down a road lined with onlookers in Liberia. The band members are holding various brass instruments.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0033.png

Railroad bridge over a river

Railroad bridge over a river in the wilderness of Liberia. A boat with people is going under the bridge and several people are sitting on the side of the bridge.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0039.png

Unidentified woman next to a boy

An unidentified woman, possibly Orchid Jordan, standing next to a naked boy on a dirt road in Liberia. Another woman is walking behind them. Two thatched roof huts are in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0056.png

Orchid Jordan standing with an unidentified man outdoors

Orchid Jordan standing with an unidentified man outdoors in Liberia. Both are looking forward and smiling. Jordan is wearing sunglasses, and holding a purse.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0057.png