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Sponsored by county recreation program at Lakeland Elementary School

Downtown College Park

Baseball was an important summer pastime among the African-American communities in Prince George’s County. Most of the communities had their own teams, which played each other. The baseball season was capped with a day of games and picnicking in Laurel, Maryland, to celebrate Emancipation Day, when Abraham Lincoln granted freedom to about 3,100 enslaved people in the District of Columbia, nine months before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. Norwood Walls was one of the young pitchers who participated in these events during the 1940s and 1950s. He is shown here circa 1947. (Courtesy of Diane Weems Ligon.)

In First Baptist Church of College Park

Embry stewardess board. they helped to run church. The church also had a group called communion stewardess board. Their function was to prepare for and assist in the communion service.

New York based brother of Hattie Walls worked on Wall Street "Lived in Lakeland at some point"

Thelma and Dervey Lomax with their sons Elston on the left and Gregory on the right

Exhibition in College Park Community Center

Collection of park images. The area was once the eastern area of the Lakeland community

Teas were a favorite social activity for the ladies of Lakeland. These events were sometimes held in the churches as fundraising activities, but most often they were social occasions in homes. Each hostess took great pride in her ability to set a fine table. Pictured here is one such gathering at the home of George Henry and Agnes Gross. Their guests are, left to right, Maria Lomax Dory, Fannie Williams, Annabelle Stroud, Ellen Lomax Briscoe, and Ellen Randall Gray.

The Lakeland Civic Association honored prominent community member Hattie Sandidge with a gala banquet on June 7, 1975 to recognize her many years of service and leadership in the Lakeland community.

In Mickey Corbin's comeback game, the team goes into overtime and wins. The score was 64-60. The team had many remarkable highlights by many different players on the Parkdale team.

8111 54th Avenue Walter and Mildred Lassick Project Parcel 19-4 Block 44 Lot 4

At City Hall, Council Chamber during presentation. Mr. Barber is far left in center is Mayor Alvin Kushner

Presentation by University of Maryland and Lakeland Community Heritage Project

Heritage Weekend Sunday with service on Lakeland Road. Standing is Rev. Edna Jenkins of Embry AME Church. Seated far left is Rev. David Barrozo pastor of Washington Brazilian SDA Church (Lakeland High School site)

Block 45 Lot 7 5402 Cleveland Ave Carl Cager, et al.

Sunday School picnics were a summer highlight for Lakelanders. Everyone would pack a lunch and meet on the third Saturday in July at an amusement park or beach for a day of fun in the sun. The community’s two churches regularly came together for the outing. In 1962, the Embry A. M. E. Sunday School outing took place at Carr’s Beach in Annapolis, Maryland. From left to right are John Webster; Mary Weems Braxton; and Wilmer, Delphine, and Maxine Gross. (Courtesy of the Gross family.)

Child's birthday party at the home of Mary Braxton and Harry Braxton Sr. Pictured are Douglas "Kilroy" Braxton and friend

Hand colored black and white studio portrait

Letter to Donald Byrd from Department of Licenses and Permits. Asphalt General was continuing to operate a contractor's yard in violation

Block Lot 1,12, 13, 14 and 15 Block 44 Carter-Weygandt Engineering inc. 54th & Detroit Ave

College Park Airport

8121 54th Avenue Block 44 Lots 2 and 3

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Widow of James Adams speaks during dedication of James Adams Park

Exhibition wall

The annual May Day celebration was a high point of the Lakeland school year for many decades. Parents came to witness the day-long festivities, which included sporting matches and a musical program. The day’s highlight was the children dancing around the May Pole. Here, the May Queen was crowned circa 1960.

On the left of the street was the only area storm drain. It emptied into Navahoe Street. The western section of Lakeland frequently flooded after a heavy rain, as shown in the photograph. On June 23, 1972, tropical storm Agnes devastated Lakeland and much of the region. Flood waters covered the entire community, damaging many homes and destroying several others. Following the storm, efforts to obtain effective flood control and redevelopment were taken up with a new urgency. Finally, a flood control project by the Army Corp of Engineers was approved, and the Lakeland Urban Renewal Project began to receive necessary governmental approvals for work to begin.

Leon & Marionette T. Kelly 55th Ave Block 44 Lots 7,8,9,10 & 11