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Dorothy Jackson at her History Makers Interview
Akron; African-Americans; City Hall; Government; Goodwill Industries; Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Dorothy Jackson was born in Akron, on November 9, 1933 as the youngest of seven children. She attended Akron's Robinson Elementary School and East High, where she graduated in 1951. She worked for Goodwill...
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Dorothy Jackson at her History Makers Interview
Akron; African-Americans; City Hall; Government; Goodwill Industries; Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Dorothy Jackson was born in Akron, on November 9, 1933 as the youngest of seven children. She attended Akron's Robinson Elementary School and East High, where she graduated in 1951. She worked for Goodwill...
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Dorothy Jackson at her History Makers Interview
Akron; African-Americans; City Hall; Government; Goodwill Industries; Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Dorothy Jackson was born in Akron, on November 9, 1933 as the youngest of seven children. She attended Akron's Robinson Elementary School and East High, where she graduated in 1951. She worked for Goodwill...
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Dorothy Jackson at her History Makers Interview
Akron; African-Americans; City Hall; Government; Goodwill Industries; Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority;
Dorothy Jackson was born in Akron, on November 9, 1933 as the youngest of seven children. She attended Akron's Robinson Elementary School and East High, where she graduated in 1951. She worked for Goodwill...
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Portable Housing Units on Wooster Avenue
Housing; Wooster Avenue; Wooster Branch Library; Odom Boulevard Branch Library; Neighborhoods - Wooster Avenue;
This image shows portable housing units on Wooster Aveune next to the Wooster Avenue Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library System. They were erected in the spring of 1945. The Wooster Avenue...
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Two Children
Wooster Avenue; Housing; children; Wooster Branch Library; Odom Boulevard Branch Library; Neighborhoods - Wooster Avenue;
This image shows a woman squatting down next to two children playing in front of temporary housing installed on Wooster Avenue next to the Wooster Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library system....
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Tallmadge Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library System
Tallmadge; Ohio; Libraries;
The creation of the first branch library in Tallmadge was the result of a community campaign by a citizen's organization which later became the Tallmadge Library Association. In March 1961, the Tallmadge...
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Wooster Avenue
Wooster Avenue; Wooster Branch Library; Odom Boulevard Branch Library; Housing; Neighborhoods - Wooster Avenue;
This image shows housing behind the Wooster Branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library System. The Wooster Branchis now the Odom Boulevard Branch.
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Central Office Building
Akron; Central Office Building; Buildings; Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.; The Press; Akron Centre Plaza
The Central Office Building is on the northwest corner of Main and Mill streets, across Main Street from the Akron-Summit County Public Library in Akron, Ohio. This site is currently occupied by the Akron...
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Tallmadge Historical Society Pamphlet
Tallmadge; Ohio; Tallmadge Historical Society;
This pamphlet, published in 1966, documents the history of the Tallmadge Historical Society, the oldest historical society in the State of Ohio. In March of 1858, a group of citizens approved a resolution...
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Centennial Parade - Women's Clubs & Akron Library
Centennial; Parades; Akron; Federation of Women's Clubs; Akron Public Library; Floats; Women
The Federation of Women's Club [left] and the Akron Public Library [right] floats in the Centennial Parade in Akron, Ohio. In 1925, Akron, Ohio celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with several...
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Centennial Parade - Akron Library
Centennial; Parades; Akron; Akron Public Library; Floats;
The Akron Public Library float in the Centennial Parade in Akron, Ohio. In 1925, Akron, Ohio celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with several days of festivities including a parade featuring...
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Akron's Carnegie Library
postcards; Libraries; Akron Public Library;
This postcard shows the Carnegie Library on the corner of East Market Street and High Street in downtown Akron, Ohio.
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Boy Reading under Elephant Sculpture
Akron Public Library; Sculpture; Art; Youth
A young boy reads under an elephant sculpture at the old Akron-Summit County Public Library’s Main Library. The elephant, entitled "Thai Teak," was donated by Louis and Mary Myers of Myers Industries....
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Taylor Memorial Library
Taylor Memorial Library; Cuyahoga Falls Library; Cuyahoga Falls; Libraries; Postcards
Taylor Memorial Library, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
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A Line of Children
Wooster Avenue; children; Wooster Branch Library; Neighborhoods - Wooster Avenue;
This image shows a line of children next to a building on Wooster Avenue in Akron, Ohio.
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Souvenir Folder of Akron, Ohio
Postcards; Portage Hotel; Hotels; Firestone Steel Products Company; Factories; Main Street; Streets and Roads; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; University of Akron; Buchtel Hall; B. F. Goodrich Company; Second National Bank; Banks and Banking; Ohio Building; Miller Rubber Company; Union Depot; Trains; Boats; Summit Lake; Summit Beach Park; Masonic Temple; Central High School; Carnegie Library - Akron; Akron Public Library; Howe Hotel; Akron City Hospital; Hospitals; University Club; Portage Lakes; Terminal Building (N.O.T.& L.); Childrens Hospital; Akron Armory; West High School; South High School; Roller Skating; Dance Hall; Summit County Children's Home; People's Hospital (Akron); North High School; Summit County Court House; Viaduct Bridge;
A souvenir folder containing twenty postcards showing views and buildings in Akron, Ohio.
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University of Akron - Bierce Library
Postcards; University of Akron; Schools; Downtown Akron; Bierce Library; Libraries;
Bierce Library at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. The institution now known as The University of Akron was founded as Buchtel College in 1870 by the Ohio Universalist Convention, and industrialist...
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Market Street - East
Postcards; Akron; Market Street; Carnegie Library - Akron; Post Office; Buildings;
A postcard showing the Carnegie Library and the Post Office on East Market Street in downtown Akron, Ohio.
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Akron Art Institute
Postcards; Market Street; Akron; Downtown Akron; Buildings; Art; Art Galleries; Museums; Akron Art Institute; Akron Art Museum; Carnegie Library - Akron
A postcard showing the Akron Art Institute's first home, the former Carnegie Library. The building later was home to a law firm.
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