String quartet and pianist at the Lawrence Peeler Music School, Centre Avenue, the Hill

ca. 1925-1973

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String quartet and pianist at the Lawrence Peeler Music School, Centre Avenue, the Hill
  • Title
  • String quartet and pianist at the Lawrence Peeler Music School, Centre Avenue, the Hill
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1925-1973
  • Identifier
  • 1996.55.19
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.55.19
  • Description
  • Lawrence Peeler became the first African American teacher in the Pittsburgh public school system in 1937, when he was appointed to teach music in a Hill district elementary school. He also ran a music school at his home at 2706 Bedford Avenue in 1938; date of his move to Centre Avenue TBD.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Musicians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Stringed instruments--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Interiors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh