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Letter from Coney Island, Inc. to Kennywood (2)

June 22, 1953

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Letter from Coney Island, Inc. to Kennywood (2)
  • Title
  • Letter from Coney Island, Inc. to Kennywood (2)
  • Date
  • June 22, 1953
  • Identifier
  • 20210420-hswp-1929
  • Description
  • A letter from Edward L. Schott of Coney Island, Inc. in Ohio to A.B. McSwigan of Kennywood. Schott references Kennywood's decision to close their swimming pool and dance hall due to pressures to integrate these attractions. Schott describes Coney Island's response to demands by Blacks to be able to visit the park.
  • 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 4, Folder 10, 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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