Date: 1893
Location: Monrovia, Liberia
Category: Education & Institutions
Historical Significance:
This photograph shows male students standing on the balconies of Liberian College in Monrovia in 1893. The Library of Congress identifies the image as an albumen photograph published by the Liberian Art Publishing Co. and records it as part of the American Colonization Society Collection.
The photograph is particularly valuable because it documents education in Liberia during the nineteenth century. It gives visitors a visual connection to one of the country's early educational institutions and to the students who attended it.
Liberian College was also an important intellectual institution in Liberia's history. The Library of Congress's historical timeline notes that Edward Wilmot Blyden, one of Liberia's major intellectual and political figures, taught at Liberia College and later served as its president.