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During event at Embry AME Church

With Mayor Gullett

At May's wedding

Gregory Lomax 5th BD

The Laney home was destroyed by Storm Agnes. This trailer was home to the widowed Mrs. Laney and her daughter. Arlene Laney lot 18 block 3 urban renewal parcel 18 block 16

Through the early 1970s, the home was the center of extended-family festivities, including Christmas dinners and Fourth of July fireworks. Pictured are, left to right, Barnett, Mildred holding Lester, Linda, DeWana, Myron, Jean holding Cheryl, and Clarence Jr. By 1954, this branch of the Gray family tree also included Tanya, Zandra, James, and Benay.

Mary Day, Hattie Adams Williams,

During first collections event for Lakeland Digital Archive. Location was College Park Community Center volunteers seen are Dr. Forrest Tyler, Bob Catlin and Abigail Cohen

Lakelanders George Smith and Mary Ann Campbell began their married life on Saturday, June 5, 1965, at Embry A.M.E. Church. The bride chose to honor her grandmother, Ethel Hicks Claiborne, by selecting her birthday as the date for her nuptials. During the reception in the church parish hall, the wedding party assembled for the photograph above. Theirs was the perfect June wedding held on a fine sunny day, and the parish hall was filled to capacity with well wishers. Below, many of the ladies were crowned in lovely spring hats.

At the end of the urban renewal process, Lakeland had its first park. Developed along the south side of Lakeland Road, it includes a pavilion, basketball and tennis courts, and a playground. There are trail links to Lake Artemesia, the Paint Branch Trail, and Anacostia trails. On opening day, July 30, 1983, participants came from all parts of the community to celebrate, including members of St. Andrew Kim Catholic Church, which had purchased the historic building that once housed Lakeland High School. Members of the church’s performance group posed with other event participants. In the rear are, from left to right, State Delegate James Rosapepe, Mayor Alvin Kushner, College Park City Councilmembers Joseph Page and Anna Owens, and event organizers Thelma Lomax and Michael Middleton.

First Heritage Weekend Sunday service in crossroads of Lakeland. Representative of various Lakeland churches are on stage. They include left to right Rev. David Barrozo of Washington Brazilian SDA Church, unknown, unknown, Rev. Edna Jenkins, Rev. and Rev.

Washington Brazilian SDA Church at Lakeland High School site

Reunion event for Lakeland High School class of 1950

2 Apt. 5002 Navahoe Street Block 16 part of lots 9 &10 Parcel Number Part of 20-2 Willie & Mary E. Sellars

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 through Lakeland. His residence was located on the east side of the railroad tracks in Lakeland. Russell's descendants still live in the community.

left to right are Sylvia Stevens, Mayor, Hattie Lewis and Mary Weems Braxton

Kindergarten Graduate

University of Maryland College Park Built in 1941

City of College Park James Weems is on the top row to the far left.

(no #) 55th Ave. Block 44 Lots 7-11 Leon & Marionette Kelley

Lakeland Community Heritage Project

In 1947, James Henry Gray sat for this formal photo with, from left to right, his eldest son, William H. McKinley Gray (Will); grandson William H. McKinley Gray II; and great-grandson William H. McKinley Gray III (Butch). James H. Gray died in 1957. His family maintained the home on Pierce Street for two more decades. Will, following in his father’s path, was a successful interior painter and paperhanger in the District of Columbia. A World War I veteran, he is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. McKinley owned PauMac Photographers in the District of Columbia and built an extensive archive of images. Butch died in childhood following surgery. (Courtesy of the Gray family.)

Corporal Thomas Reynold Randall, lovingly known as Bubby, joined the United States Marine Corps in December 1969. After completing infantry training, he was stationed at Quantico, Virginia, and later at Camp Courtney in Okinawa, Japan. After completing his term of service, Randall earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. (Courtesy of the Randall family.)

Image from reunion trip hosted by Lakeland High School class of 1950

Robert Fields, a familiar face at musical religious events in the community. Photographed in 1958, he was noted for his incredible singing voice, perfect for gospel music.

During Saturday of Heritage Weekend at College Park Community Center

Baby picture

This birthday party for Hallie Adams took place at a home in Lakeland circa 1955. The guests were (left to right) Maseo Campbell, Sr., Elizabeth Campbell, Mary Brooks Brewer, Emma Dory, Calvin Adams, Peggy Folkes, Joe Harrington, June Adams, Mattie Johnson, Katie Mae Barnes, and Helen Campbell.

During an event to celebrate the donation of Dr. Braxton's book to the Hyattsville branch of Prince Georges County Memorial Library

University of Maryland

Exhibit

A single portrait of Leonard Smith, who moved from Beltsville as a young man to Lakeland. He attended Maryland State College. He rose to the rank of staff sergeant during his time in the army. Upon returning Smith became a leader for the American Legion Post in Lakeland, and in 1972 became the first African American American Legion Commander for Prince George's County, where 16 of the 19 posts were predominantly white. As county commander, he led a membership of 7,000.

Baby Donald Weems on Navahoe Street with friends at Ice Cream Truck

Home of Audrey and Leonard Smith on Navahoe Street of the western area of Lakeland 4910 Navahoe St. owned by Leonard Smith and Mamie McCorkle

On the day of the wedding of Mary Ann Campbell and George Smith at Embry AME Church

Born in 1902, the youngest child of John C. Johnson, Ruth Johnson Taylor-Lancaster earned a teaching certificate from Bowie Normal School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Delaware State College. During the 1930s, she led efforts to bring educational opportunities such as preschool, after-school, and adult education to Lakeland. In 1936, Lancaster taught Lakeland's first adult education classes. She also penned the first written history of Lakeland.