Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

First African American trained by P.T.C.

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Photographer

Unknown

Description

James Stewart is trained by P.T.C.'s chief instructor William Poisell. Stewart, the first African American trained to operate trolley cars, practices on a track at Third Street and Wyoming Avenue.

Subjects

African American men

African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Trolley cars

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Third Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Wyoming Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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with description

Format

Image/jp2

Type

Photographs

Rights

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Folder

Phila--Septa Strike--1944, Aug 1

Digital Collection

Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944

Civil Rights in a Northern City

George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

P549062B