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Description
This image shows a group of village men helping a woman in white, identified as Sarah Cyrus, or "Mother Cyrus", onto a hammock attached to a long pole used to transport Cyrus through the jungles. The group is gathered in front of three houses with palm trees and other green trees behind them. The houses have rusted metal roofs. The house on the left has red and white window shutters and the houses in the middle and on the right don't have any shutters. The men are all wearing shirts of various colors and short pants. Most are wearing sandals. Five of the men are wearing hats of varying colors.
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Approximate Creation Date
1975-1980
Time Period
1970-1979, 1980-1989
Subjects
Liberia--History--1971-1980; Liberia--Pictorial works
Keywords
Liberia
Geographic Location
Liberia, Africa
Object Type
image
Format (original)
JPG
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
Loading Sarah Cyrus onto her hamlet for photo shoot
Source
Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Jerry Boyd Jones Digital Photographs Collection
Digital Collection Title
Jerry Boyd Jones Digital Photographs Collection
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)
Recommended Citation
Jones, Jerry Boyd, "Village Men Assisting Sarah Cyrus Onto a Hammock" (2023). Jerry Boyd Jones Photographs Collection. 21.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-jerry-boyd-jones/21
Keywords
Liberia