1961 Press Photo Liberian President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman

This is William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman, president of Liberia, Africa's oldest republic. Tubman, who has been criticized for building expensive public buildings in the capital of Monrovia, is embarking on a program to improve the lot of the nation's primitive rural areas.

Photo is dated 1961.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.