Liberia
Coins of all nations
Cigarette Card, 1889
Duke’s Cigarettes
Caricature displays very dark skin; short hair; full, red lips; smiling face; flirtatious gaze; and spirited pose. She wears gold earrings, a Victorian-era bonnet, dress and fan. The “1 cent” coin was issued by the American Colonization Society and depicts a freed slave on a shore.
Surrounding this cigarette are photos related to the American Colonization Society and several photos taken by British explorer Harry Johnston.
George Arents Collection, The New York Public Library. “Liberia.” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-351b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
A Liberian lady
Photograph from Liberia, Vol. 1, 1906
Sir Harry Johnston (Photographer); Hutchinson & Co., London (Publisher)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Liberian lady" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-d8d7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Rev. R. L. Stewart; The Training and Industrial Mission School, Monrovia, Liberia, West Coast of Africa, Founded December, 1892.
Photograph from Twenty-eight years a slave : or, The story of my life in three continents, 1909
W. Mate, London (Publisher)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Rev. R. L. Stewart; The Training and Industrial Mission School, Monrovia, Liberia, West Coast of Africa, Founded December, 1892." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-a278-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Mandingo woman of Western Liberia
Photograph from Liberia, Vol. 1, 1906
Sir Harry Johnston (Photographer); Hutchinson & Co., London (Publisher)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mandingo woman of Western Liberia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-9497-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
A wedding at Government house, Monrovia
Photograph from Liberia, Vol. 1, 1906
Sir Harry Johnston (Photographer); Hutchinson & Co., London (Publisher)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A wedding at Government house, Monrovia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-9519-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
A good-looking type of Vai woman from Vanswa, near Monrovia
Photograph from Liberia, Vol. 1, 1906
Sir Harry Johnston (Photographer); Hutchinson & Co., London (Publisher)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A good-looking type of Vai woman from Vanswa, near Monrovia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4c4b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Jehudi Ashmun, the founder of Liberia
Illustration from Liberia, Vol. 1, 1906
Sir Harry Johnston (Photographer); Hutchinson & Co., London (Publisher)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Jehudi Ashmun, the founder of Liberia (from the portrait in Gurley's "Life of Ashmun")" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1906. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-930e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
