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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Two unidentified women standing on the steps

Two unidentified women in Liberia standing on the steps of a building. The building is covered in shuttered blinds.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0087.png

Four unidentified people walking

Four unidentified people walking on a dirt road in Liberia. The woman in front is holding a basket on her head. Trees and huts are on both sides of the road.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0079.png

Three unidentified people in a field

Three unidentified people in a field in Liberia. One man is holding a package on his head. A woman is holding her baby on her back with a wrap.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0080.png

Women standing next to a warehouse

Women standing next to a warehouse on a pier. The women are wearing patterned dresses and head wraps.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0077.png

Unidentified woman bending down

An unidentified woman bending down in front of a tree on a lawn in Liberia. A truck is driving on the road behind the tree.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0078.png

Workers and cows on deck

Workers standing by a herd of cows enclosed in a makeshift pen on the deck of a ship. Several workers are working with ropes.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0075.png

People watching a cow on a ship

Several people watching a cow being lowered from the side of a ship. The cow is hanging from a large rope above a truck parked next to the ship.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0076.png

Six unidentified people standing around a child

Six unidentified people standing around a small child in Liberia. One woman is holding another child in her arms. Both children are naked. The other people are looking forward or down at the child. The women are wearing patterned skirts.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0082.png

Unidentified woman standing next to stone mortar

An unidentified woman in Liberia standing next to a stone mortar with a large pole in her hand. The woman is wearing a patterned dress and head wrap. There is a thatch hut in the back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0083.png

Unidentified woman carrying a basket

An unidentified woman carrying a basket on her head in Liberia. The woman is walking down a road in front of thatched roof huts.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0081.png

People on the deck of a ship

People on the deck of a ship on the water. An unidentified man is walking down the deck next to a group of women sitting on lounge chairs.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0062.png

People boarding a ship

People standing on a pier to board a ship. People are walking up a stairway onto the multi-story ship.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0063.png

Group of people on deck

A group of people assembled on the deck of the ship. The ship is docked at a pier with warehouses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0074.png

Five unidentified people on a dirt road

Five unidentified people standing on a dirt road in the middle of a village in rural Liberia. A woman in the center is holding a small child. Everyone is looking forward and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0116.png

Three unidentified women and a girl in front of a hut

Three unidentified women and a girl standing in front of a hut in rural Liberia. All three women are wearing head wraps and the woman on the left is only wearing a skirt. The hut has a wall made of woven branches. All the women are looking forward.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_jordan_photo-0117.png