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Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944
First African American motorman
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Title
First African American motorman
Photographer
Unknown
Description
Former musician James Stewart is trained by William Poisell. Stewart is the first African American to be trained as an operator of trolley cars.
Subjects
Public transportation
African American men
African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Geographic Subject
Philadelphia (Pa.)
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 2
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
P549099B
Tags
African American men
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African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944
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Photographs
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Poisell, William
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Public transportation
,
Stewart, James
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