The Afro-American (Baltimore, Md.), 12 March 1938.

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In the 1917 Springfield, Massachusetts, city directory: Strickland Joseph emp B&A h 37 Franklin

In the 1920 census of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts: at 43 Grays Avenue, Joseph Stricklan, 52, factory laborer, born in N.C.; wife Lizzie, 42; and lodgers Charles Custeen, 28, and Herman Caudill, 25.

The Morning Union (Springfield, Mass.), 4 September 1923.

The Morning Union (Springfield, Mass.), 14 August 1929.

In the 1930 census of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts: at 38 Congress Street, paying $12/month rent, Joseph Strickland, 65, born in N.C., railroad laborer, widower. Strickland shared the building with three other families and was the sole African-American tenant.