Inauguration Album, Republic of Liberia, January 1952 - Page 05

Description

Three columns of printed negative strips. Image descriptions from top to bottom, left to right. Image 1: Dock workers at the Port of Monrovia assisting with the lifting by crane of a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot. Workers are holding the car to stabilize it as the crane lifts. Image 2: Dock workers at the Port of Monrovia assisting with the lifting by crane of a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot. Workers are holding the car to stabilize it as the crane lifts. Several others are standing on the dock and watching. Image 3: Dock workers at the Port of Monrovia assisting with the lifting by crane of a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot. Workers are holding the car to stabilize it as the crane lifts. Image 4: Dock workers at the Port of Monrovia watching as a railroad car is lifted by a crane onto the ship, African Pilot. Everyone is walking toward the ship as the car is lifted. Image 5: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. The ship is tethered to the dock and a ladder entrance is at the back of the ship. Image 6: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. The ship is tethered to the dock and a ladder entrance is at the back of the ship. Image 7: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the African Pilot as others look on at the Port of Monrovia. A man with camera on a tripod is documenting the car being lifted by the crane. A net is being lifted up the side of the ship. Image 8: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. The car is nearly level with the side of the ship. Smoke is rising from the ship's smokestack. Image 9: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. The car is level with the side of the ship. Two men are speaking next to a building on the pier. Image 10: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. Four men are sitting next to a building on the pier and looking at the car which is parallel with the ship and level with the deck. Image 11: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. Men are sitting next to a building on the pier and looking up at the car which is hanging several feet above the deck of the ship. Image 12: Crane lifting a railroad car carried by the ship, African Pilot, as people look on at the Port of Monrovia. A group of men are sitting next to a building on the pier and looking up at the car which has been placed on the deck of the ship.
January 1952
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
In photo box 1, folder 5/6 of Jordan Collection.