Jacob C. White Jr. (1837-1902)
A Black educator who lived here, White was the principal of the Robert Vaux School for forty years. He was a founder of the city's first Black baseball club, the Pythians, and the first president of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital.
Penn State University LibrariesUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionLeiden University LibrariesLeiden University LibrariesHistorical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps
Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov
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