Battle of Homestead Foundation - Charles McCollester Collection

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The Charles McCollester Collection contains both physical items and textual items spanning from 1877 to 2018 with an emphasis on the 1980's into the 2000's. The collection's subjects vary from Pittsburgh steel and union history, the founding of the Battle of Homestead Foundation, Monsignor Rice, and Pennsylvania historical markers. Though the collection focuses primarily on the state of Pennsylvania, much of the collection has national significance as well.
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Monsignor Charles Owen Rice at Peace March at the Point Photograph
Labor History, Catholic Priest, Pittsburgh History
The photograph is double sided. The the front side of a photograph that depicts Monsignor Charles Owen Rice at the peace march at the Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 24, 1969. Standing above a crowd, Monsignor Rice is joined by a young man in glasses with a hat that reads Vets for Peace in Vietnam and a shirt that reads Boycott Grapes Viva La Huelga. The young man is standing in front of a microphone. The back side has a stamp that reads RT. REV. MSGR. CHARLES OWEN RICE PASTOR HOLY ROSARY CHURCH 7114 KERRY ST PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA. Written in green is the date 5-24-1969. At the top of the photograph is the number 5. Written along the bottom is red is Msgr Rice- Peace March at Point - MAy 1969. Written in black on the side of the photo is protest.
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