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Letter from Kennywood to Woodside Park

March 28, 1950

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Letter from Kennywood to Woodside Park
  • Title
  • Letter from Kennywood to Woodside Park
  • Date
  • March 28, 1950
  • Identifier
  • 20210412-hswp-1836
  • Description
  • Letter from A.B. McSwigan of Kennywood to Norman S. Alexander of Woodside Park, presumably concerning segregation policies at the park. McSwigan mentions a meeting with John Laughlin where the conclusion was to "admit defeat." McSwigan states that Laughlin suggested that letting in a few "new customers" would show that the park does not discriminate.
  • Type
  • text
  • Source
  • Kennywood Park Records, 1895-2018, MSS 141, Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Series
  • I Administrative Records 1906-2018
  • Subseries
  • 1 General Correspondence 1919-2012
  • Container
  • Box 1, Folder 17, Item 1
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Kennywood Park Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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