Title
Oscar B. Cobb, founder of Boy Scout Troop #2 and Bryn Mawr Branch of NAACP in unknown location, circa 1924
Alternative Label
O.B. Cobb, founder of first Black Boy Scout Troop on the Main Line and founder of Bryn Mawr Branch of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), circa 1924
Subject
- Main Line (Pa.)
- Civic leaders
- African American civic leaders
- African Americans
- African American men
- Boy Scouts
- Scout leaders
- Scoutmasters
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Description
A photo of Oscar B. Cobb, Bryn Mawr (Pa.) resident. Cobb was the founder and Scoutmaster of the first Black Boy Scout Troop #2 on the Main Line and founder and first president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Branch. The photo is in an unknown location, circa 1924.
Location Covered
Main Line (Pa.)
Time Period Covered
- The Great Migration on the Main Line, ca 1924
- Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970
- Great Black Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970
Original Format
Photographs
Contributors
Merrill, Charles; Merrill, N'Gai
Source
Zion Baptist Church of Ardmore Archives
Identifier
Ard_MC_02282026_BoyScout9.jpg
Relation
Part of a bound collection of photograph and documents documenting Black Main Line scouting
Contact
Zion Baptist Church of Ardmore (610) 649-1216 or Tanya Gardner (tgardner6@dccc.edu)
Contributing Institution
Lower Merion Library System - Ardmore Library
Sponsorship
This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
