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Letter from Kennywood to Riverview Park

June 1, 1953

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Letter from Kennywood to Riverview Park
  • Title
  • Letter from Kennywood to Riverview Park
  • Date
  • June 1, 1953
  • Identifier
  • 20210510-hswp-2039
  • Description
  • A letter from A.B. McSwigan of Kennywood to George A. Schmidt of Riverview Park, notes pressure from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the local Board of Education caused the park to decide to close the pool and install U Drive Em' boats for the 1953 season.
  • 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 21, Folder 15, Item 1
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Kennywood Park Records
  • Rights Information
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