Luncheon for Liberian Presidential party. His Excellency, Edwin Barclay, President of the Republic of Liberia, was feted by Negro civic, social, professional and educational leaders Saturday, May 29, 1943 at a luncheon at the Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall in Washington, D.C. Shown (left to right) at the President's table are Frederick Hibbard, State Department; Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, United States Army military aide to President Barclay; W.V.S. Tubman, President-elect of Liberia; President Barclay; Dr. Ennet J. Scott, chairman of the committee on invitation; and Captain Alford Russ, chief of the Liberian frontier forces
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Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
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Film copy on SIS roll 9, frame 1073.
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Date
01/01/1943
Location
district of columbia
Source
Library of Congress
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