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Former musician James Stewart is trained by William Poisell. Stewart is the first African American to be trained as an operator of trolley cars.

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Temple University

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African Americans
  3. Employment
  4. Pennsylvania
  5. Philadelphia
  6. Philadelphia Transportation Company
  7. Poisell, William
  8. Public Transportation
  9. Stewart, James

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