George and Jeanette Brooks built this house in 1955 on Lakeland Road. It was a new and modern home for a growing family. They lived here for only about twenty years, as the house fell victim in the late 1970s to urban renewal project in the community.
Lakeland’s American Legion Post was named for John Henry Seaburn, a North Brentwood resident who served and died overseas during World War I. The post was active from 1940 until the 1970s. With the coming of urban renewal efforts, their meeting place, Lakeland Hall, was demolished. The post disbanded and members joined other area posts. Members of Lakeland’s post are pictured here circa 1960.
In the 'LCHP-II, Jan 2011 > 15September_audio' folder on the hard drive of data from Mary Sies. There is no date given.
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.)
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Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.
A dedication from the class, dedicating the yearbook to the "intangible something" that makes Lakeland what it is.
During Saturday event at College Park Community Center
album page
More pictures from sister's prom, including her date and dress.
A photograph of elephants at Kings Dominion in Virginia. Various brightly colored cards.
Yearbook Page
Awarded to Carl Cager AAU Olympic Development Program bronze
The pamphlet, the front and back pages scanned. This shows the list of students, and the title page. The inner pamphlet depicts the schedule and chain of events. Contains a list of students, and the title page, and the schedule of the program.
Description of Project (cont'd Development Objectives)
Workers in a University of Maryland kitchen
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Classroom training for first collections event for Lakeland Digital Archive. Instructor was Dr. Edvard Thorsett
Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.
Unit diagram
During event at Hyattsville Branch Library to celebrate the donation of works by Joanne Braxton
Across the street from Black's Store and Mack's Market. In the home to the right in the lower level was the beauty shop of Mrs. Waller
Lakelander yearbook page
College Park Community Center
Smallest is Bernice (7 or 8 years old). The girl next to father is Fanny Leincaster Hill who had 14 children. Bill Leincaster is the son with Clara and Clara's daughter. To the extreme left is Katy.
Hall for Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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Due to the need for major renovations, Rev. Milton A. Covington and the congregation of the First Baptist Church decided to erect a new edifice. In 1959, the old church was demolished. Services were held at Lakeland Hall while the new church was erected by Pastor Covington, a mason; James Claiborne; Harold Pitts; and other dedicated parishioners. Members marched to their new church when it was completed in September 1962.
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More sympathy cards from the various families of friends who'd passed. One of the cards is opened.
The occasion was an event celebrating the donation of the work of Joanne Braxton to the Hyattsville Branch Library. Seen here is the author's mother, Mary Weems Braxton seated. She is being greeted with a kiss by her grandson Glen Weems
54th Avenue at Pierce Ave
Far right is Elizabeth Hicks Campbell Adams
Recital at Lakeland Elementary School for classes sponsored as recreation program at the school.
Various sympathy and thank you cards.
Bottom left is donor, bottom right is donor's brother, middle left is donor's sister. Top right is the DC house's porch. Top left is donor's brother and mother. They lived in the DC house all together for almost 30 years, and donor's mother lived there until her death in 2017.