Signature Collections

Allegany County African American History

Collage of Allegany County famous African Americans

About: Places

Other topics within this collection:

Arts and Entertainment

Government and Law

Segregation, Intolerance, and Integration

Slaves and the Underground Railroad

Sports: Football and Basketball

Sports: Baseball, Boxing, and Track

Black History Month, Juneteenth, and MLK Events

Buttons - African American

Acknowledgements and Bibliography

About Al Feldstein

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2 photos of Benjamin Banneker Apartments; 1 circa 1950s; 2nd picture of demolition

Benjamin Banneker Apartment

2 photos of people gathering on lawn in folding chairs, some with umbrellas

Brownsville Dedication Event, 2014

2 photos, 1 of people gathered on lawn for event, 1 photo of 2 people standing in front of monument

Brownsville Monument Dedication - 2020

Image of Brownsville town, Allegany County Maryland

Brownsville of Frostburg

Colorized postcard of boat on C&O Canal

C&O history - blacks ignored

Newspaper clipping of new low income apartment complex building

Colored housing project gets roof

Confederate monument at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Maryland; marker reads "To the Unknown Confederate Dead"

Confederate Monument, Rose Hill Cemetery

Photo of multiple families standing for picture outside of Dorsey's circa ?

Dorsey's Chicken Shack

Photo of man hold reigns and a horse; circa 1954

Fairgo Race Track

Photo of 2 homes; Dickerson A.M.E. Church on left, Mitchell-Edwards family homestead on right

Fayette Mitchell and the Founders of Frostburg

historical photo, residents of Brownsville stand outside the John Wesley A.M.E. Church, built in 1885

Frostburg honors historic Brownsville community

Image of brick building for Fulton Myers Post 153

Fulton Myers Post 153

Photo of black and white children playing at Gephart Elementary School Playground

Gephart Elementary School Playground

4 people at table with cokes order food from waitress at Harper's Parklane circa 1960s

Harper's Parklane Restaurant

Colorized post card of street car trolley coming down road; houses on the right.

Hocking House, Frostburg

Black and white road map of Frostburg circa 1870s

How Pompey Smash got its name

2 photos of school, Howard High School circa 1877-1955, school was vacant in 2009

Howard High School, Piedmont, WV

4 images of James Fanto Deetz in different facial expressions

James Fanto Deetz and "Parting Ways"

Landmark sign of Old Town (King Pessa's Town)

King Opessa's Town

Postcard with sign of "Top of Martin Mountain" - US 40 9 miles east of Cumberland Md

Luther Martin, 1748 - 1826

Photo of Midtown Pub, Cumberland MD

Midtown Pub and Grille

Newspaper article titled "Board Opposes Name Change for Negro Mountain"

Negro Mountain - name change proposed, 1994

Postcard over peak of Negro Mountain at road with car approaching; circa 1920s

Negro Mountain (The Naming 1)

Landmark and story of Negro Mountain; picture taking during winter with snow

Negro Mountain (The Naming 2)

Negro Mountain marker 2023

Negro Mountain Marker Unveiling, 2023

Photo from Interstate 68 of green Negro Mountain Elav 2740 ft sign

Negro Mountain Name Study Proposed, 2020

Broken post sign with directional sign missing; trees, grass and rocks in background

Negro Mountain Signs Removed, 2019

Circa 1915s postcard of car descending down Negro Mountain

Negro Mountain, name change proposed, 2011

Postcard drawing of Fort Cumberland 1755

Negro Mountain: New Insight on Name, 2016

Children pose for picture on stairs outside of Pine Avenue circa ?

Pine Avenue children

Circa 1957 of Young girls in dresses from Pine Ave marching in Cumberland Intra-City Playground Parade

Pine Avenue girls parade

Black children posing for portrait from Skit Night circa ?

Pine Avenue Skit

Group of children posing after Skit Night at Pine Avenue Playground

Pine Avenue Skit 2

Two young black children playing near swimming pool

Pine Avenue Swimming Pool

Group of people gather in the fall on rolling landscape in southern Frederick County

Standing on hallowed ground

Photo of Sumner Cemetery

Sumner Cemetery