Famed African American artists Dox Thrash and Samuel J. Brown, Jr., shared a studio on this site in the early 1960s. This is documented in a few places on the Web, such as at p. 45 of 65 at https://www.philamuseum.org/doc_downloads/education/ex_resources/doxThrash.pdf, and at pp. 15-16 at http://www.preservationalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Thrash_Nomination_Revised.pdf.
Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
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Famed African American artists Dox Thrash and Samuel J. Brown, Jr., shared a studio on this site in the early 1960s. This is documented in a few places on the Web, such as at p. 45 of 65 at https://www.philamuseum.org/doc_downloads/education/ex_resources/doxThrash.pdf, and at pp. 15-16 at http://www.preservationalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Thrash_Nomination_Revised.pdf.
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Comments : Dox Thrash lived at 23rd and Cecil B. Moore Ave., according to the Phila. Inquirer, 7/12/20, at pp. F1, F5. See also, http://ioby.org/project/save-historic-dox-thrash-house.
Date : 2020-07-22