Lakeland - African Americans in College Park_Chapter 1: Building a Community
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Lakeland - African Americans in College Park_Chapter 1: Building a Community
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This collection includes photos featured in Chapter 1 of the Lakeland - African Americans in College Park book, which was published by the Lakeland Community Heritage Project in 2009 as part of the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing.
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Benjamin Briscoe, Sr., George Brooks, Sr., Arthur Brooks, and J. Chesley Mack 1940s
By the 1940s, a second generation of patriarchs and homeowners had matured in Lakeland. This new generation of community leaders included (left to right) Benjamin Briscoe, Sr., George Brooks, Sr., Arthur Brooks, and J. Chesley Mack. These gentlemen…
Charles "Duck" Russell
![Charles "Duck" Russell](https://lakeland.reclaim.hosting/files/square_thumbnails/eb823786e09fab677543f70f1a6eccc4.jpg "Charles "Duck" Russell")
Charles "Duck" Russell moved to Lakeland in the early 1900s to raise his family. After becoming a widower, he remarried and raised a second family. Russell worked for the City and Suburban Railway of Washington on the streetcar line which passed…
Home of Charles Hamlett and Nettie Edwards Hamlett
The home of Charles Hamlett and his second wife, Nettie Edwards Hamlett, was located on Cleveland Avenue near a small group of lakes that once served as breeding ponds for the Baltimore Goldfish Company and later the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.…
Charles Hamlett and his first wife, Eva Brooks Hamlett, around 1930
Charles Hamlett and his first wife, Eva Brooks Hamlett, are shown in this photograph, around 1930. He came from New Jersey to Lakeland and married Eva Brooks in the late 1920s. She was the daughter of one of Lakeland’s earliest African American…
Amos Guss, around 1925
This formal portrait of Amos Guss in spats, with his signature cigar, was taken around 1925. Guss was one of Lakeland's longest-surviving World War I veterans. In January 1919, at the age of 22, he was honorable discharged from the U.S. Army. For the…
Home of Cornelius and Carrie Guss
Between 1910 and 1918, the Guss family moved from St. Mary’s County to Lakeland by way of the District of Columbia. The family house on Lakeland Road is one of the oldest in the area. Shortly after they arrived, Cornelius and Carrie Guss bought…
Annie L. Terry Hicks
Benjamin Robert Hicks was born on March 24, 1873. In 1900, he migrated from Calvert County, Maryland, to seek employment. He settled in Lakeland,where he met and married Annie L. Terry, shown in the photo. She was born in 1893 in the…
Benjamin Robert Hicks
Benjamin Robert Hicks, shown in the photo, was born on March 24, 1873. In 1900, he migrated from Calvert County, Maryland, to seek employment. He settled in Lakeland,where he met and married Annie L. Terry. She was born in 1893 in the…
Home of Benjamin Robert Hicks and Annie L. Terry Hicks
The home of Benjamin Robert Hicks and his wife, Annie L. Terry Hicks, was located on Washington Street (now Lakeland Road) next to the old Lakeland High School. In addition to welcoming visiting ministers, the Hickses also rented rooms to newcomers…
James Johnson and Nannie Walls Johnson
James Johnson and Nannie Walls Johnson were two of Lakeland’s earliest African American residents. They migrated with family members from Westmoreland County, Virginia, between 1890 and 1900. This photograph is from that period. In 1900, they were…