Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Desegregation of Girard College

Ordinance signing ceremony

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Title

Date

1957-01-23

Description

Mayor Richardson Dilworth, signing the ordinance for the purchase of 42 acres of land near the International Air Port. Left to right, James H.J. Tate, President City Council, Councilman Raymond P. Alexander, Mayor Dilworth, and Thomas McCabe, President, Scott Paper Company.""

Subjects

Public officers

Rites and ceremonies

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 permission to publish, please contact the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection (blockson@temple.edu; 215-204-6632).

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Folder

Alexander, Raymond Pace--News/Group

Digital Collection

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

B007026D