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Mayor Washington at Cheyney University


Title	Mayor Washington at Cheyney University
Description	Mayor Harold Washington helped Cheyney University celebrate its 150th birthday on May 7, 1987. Cheyney, located 30 miles west of Philadelphia, is known as the oldest historically black institution of higher education in the country. The photo session with Mayor Washington was to be used in the institution's promotional and fundraising alumni brochures and to attract students from the Chicago area.
Neighborhood/Street	Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM1	Mayors Universities & colleges Birthdays Fund raising T-shirts Uniforms Older people Ethnic groups City & town halls Education
Subject.LCSH	Washington, Harold, 1922-1987 -- Photographs African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs Mayors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Photographs Cheyney University of Pennsylvania -- Photographs
Photographer/Artist	Schultz, Peter J.
Date of Original	1987-05-07
Time Period	1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
Language	eng;
Repository Number	PHOTOGRAPH SPE-HWAC 1987.5.7.1
Collection	Harold Washington Archives & Collections
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Type	Digital image
Format	image/jpeg
Original Format	Publicity photographs Portrait photographs
Size	21 x 26 cm;
Subject.LOCAL	constituency groups activists/politicians African Americans

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