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South side of Tremont Ave. Southwest looking east

Gelatin silver print

July 29, 1940

South side of Tremont Ave. Southwest looking east

July 29, 1940

Gelatin silver print

These photographs are of the era when the Works Progress Administration (WPA) thrived. They were found within a City of Massillon photograph album that holds study photographs for sidewalk, sanitary sewer, and canal improvements.

Gift of the City of Massillon (2017) Collection of the Massillon Museum

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South side of Tremont Ave. Southwest looking east

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Missing History of Massillon: Unheard African American Stories

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