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Letter from Coney Island, Inc. to Kennywood (3)

July 24, 1953

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Letter from Coney Island, Inc. to Kennywood (3)
  • Title
  • Letter from Coney Island, Inc. to Kennywood (3)
  • Date
  • July 24, 1953
  • Identifier
  • 20210420-hswp-1930
  • Description
  • A letter from Edward L. Schott of Coney Island, Inc. in Ohio to A.B. McSwigan of Kennywood. Schott mentions an article in the Pittsburgh Courier about Stan Kenton's performance at Coney Island. He references the difficulties caused by the "racial problem" at Coney Island that summer, a time during which civil rights activists demand the park end its policy of segregation. He also refers to rumors about a snake at Kennywood that are common to the amusement park business.
  • 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 2
  • 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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