National Negro Opera Company

National Negro Opera Company is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Homewood section, Allegheny County, dedicated 1994.

7101 Apple St., Homewood section

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Here at the Cardwell School of Music, this first national Black opera company was founded in 1941 by Mary Cardwell Dawson. Noted for its musical genius, it performed for 21 years in Pittsburgh, Washington, New York, and other cities.

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1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1951 · Pittsburg East, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1951 · Pittsburgh East, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1956 · Pittsburgh East, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pittsburg East, Pennsylvania, 1951, covering the location of National Negro Opera Company, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pittsburg East, Pennsylvania, 1951, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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