Pennsylvania Highlands Community College - African American Heritage Collection

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This collection focuses on the heritage of African Americans in the Johnstown region.
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Welcome - three women
Welcome - three women
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Three women standing in front of a Welcome sign
Wells steel recruiter
Wells steel recruiter
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Industry--steel--recruiting
Indentified only as Mr. Wells of Prospect. He was know to help recruit Negros from the south for Bethlehem Steel
William Henry Banks
William Henry Banks
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Willliam Henry Banks, 1861-1926
Winford Tullis
Winford Tullis
United States Army
Women in hat with feathers
Women in hat with feathers
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Portrait of a woman in a hat with feathers
Women in long coat
Women in long coat
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Portrait of a woman in a long coat next to a wicker chair
Women in white next to chair
Women in white next to chair
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Portrait of a women in a white dress next to a chair
Women in white with men
Women in white with men
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Group of men and women in a group on stairs. Women are dressed in white.
Women receiving check
Women receiving check
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Group of two men and two women. One woman is either receiving or giving a check.
Women seated in coat and gloves
Women seated in coat and gloves
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Women in a coat and hat sitting for a portrait
Wooden sign from Franklin Coke Social Club
Wooden sign from Franklin Coke Social Club
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Social clubs--signage
Handmade wooden sign that hung in the Franklin Coke Plant Social Club. This club was for Black workers at the coke plant
Working on water lines
Working on water lines
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Construction--publlic services
Working on installing water lines
Young child in big chair
Young child in big chair
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Young child in an ornate chair posing for a picture
Young girl plaid dress
Young girl plaid dress
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Young child in a plaid dress posing for a picture
Young girl white dress
Young girl white dress
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Young girl seated in a white dress and hair bow posing for a picture
Young man with boater
Young man with boater
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Young man in a suit and boater sitting in a rocking chair outside a building
Young women in wicker chair
Young women in wicker chair
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Young woman seated in a wicker chair posing for a picture.
Zack Young
Zack Young
United States Army, World War II (1939-1945)