In 1934, the Liberian shore was among the most beautiful in the world. Long, deep unspoiled beach, doted here and there with palm trees caught by the wind. The Kru were the boatsmen and ocean fisherman of Liberia. Father captured the beach, the palms, and a village of the Kru.

But first, a grainy picture of Cape Mesurado, which protected Monrovia from ocean gales.