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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Josphat A Nginyo MD
Josphat A Nginyo MD
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Dr. Josphat A Nginyo
Joyce Johnson
Joyce Johnson
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Joyce Johnson
Laurel Hills settlement
Laurel Hills settlement
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Laurel Hill Settlement--Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Collage of images taken at the Laurel Hill Settlement. Showing grave of John Brown, USCT
Laurel Hills settlement
Laurel Hills settlement
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Laurel Hill Settlement--Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Collage of images taken at the Laurel Hill Settlement. Showing grave of John Smith, USCT
Man in 1951
Man in 1951
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Man at work in 1951
Married couple leaving for honeymoon
Married couple leaving for honeymoon
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Wedding--ceremony--tradition
Married couple leaging for honeymoon, just married.
McSwain's East Conemaugh
McSwain's East Conemaugh
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Restaurants--bars
Outside McSwain's in East Conemaugh
Meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church
Meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Religion--Shiloh Baptist Church
Meeting at Shiloh Baptist Churce, Rosedale 1940s
Men reading meters
Men reading meters
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Man at work reading meters
Men with ribbons
Men with ribbons
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Five young men in formal wear with ribbons
Mock wedding at Mt. Sinai
Mock wedding at Mt. Sinai
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Religion--Mt. Sinai Institutional Church
Mock wedding at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in the 1940s.
Mrs. Pearl Swanston
Mrs. Pearl Swanston
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Mrs. Pearl Swason in a garden
Mrs. Wilma Burton
Mrs. Wilma Burton
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Mrs. Wilma Burton
Older couple cutting cake
Older couple cutting cake
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Wedding--ceremony--tradition
Older couple celebrating a wedding anniversary cutting a cake
Outside first Cambria AME Zion
Outside first Cambria AME Zion
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Religion--First Cambria AME Zion church
Church letting out at the First Cambria AME Zion on Haynes Street
Pauline Johnson
Pauline Johnson
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Pauline Johnson, member of the East Conemaugh softball team
People on porch
People on porch
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
White family on porch, older Black man in foreground
Protrait of man
Protrait of man
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Portrait of a man
Purcell
Purcell
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania
Friend, Herman Purcell, Myrtle Purcell. Myrtle was the daughter of Mary Wallace who lived on Laurel Hill.
R&B Jazz Show Event poster
R&B Jazz Show Event poster
African Americans -- Johnstown--Pennsylvania, Bands (Music)--Pennsylvania--Johnstown
Poster for the R&B Jazz show on August 19, 2017 featuring Smooth Sound Band