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Carol M. Highsmith - The Priory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Carol M. Highsmith - The Priory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. First built in 1852 as Saint Mary's German Catholic Chu... More

Skyline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Skyline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Skyline, including PPG Place with the spiked roofline to the far left designed by famous architect Philip Johnson Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's Americ... More

William S. Moorehead Federal Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

William S. Moorehead Federal Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1964 by architect Altenhof & Brown. Modern skyscr... More

William S. Moorehead Federal Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

William S. Moorehead Federal Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Built in 1964 by architect Altenhof & Brown. Modern skyscr... More

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pit...

Significance: Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh a... More

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West Penn Bridge, Pennsylvania Railroad, spanning Allegheny River, Pit...

Significance: Built to provide railroad access to Washington's Landing, the bridge has become a signature bridge in Pittsburgh. The elegant double intersection Pratt truss frames a dramatic view of Pittsburgh a... More

City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS PA-5193 Building/structure dates: 1915- 1917 Initial Construction

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Monongahela River between Thirty-fourth & Twenty-ninth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Mono...

Significance: Permitted access between the Monongahela Connecting Railroad and former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. P&LE was a major hauler of raw materials into and semi-finished steel products from form... More

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue at Wyoming Street with West Carson Street near Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Incline Plane, Connecting North side of Grandview Avenue a...

Significance: The first constructed and oldest passenger incline plane in Pittsburgh, this system retains the 1882 safety brake and bull wheel and 1935 electrical system including drive motors, operating brakes... More

1222 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

1222 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: This house is significant as a local example of a middle-class urban residence dating from the last quarter of the 19th century. I... More

Morse School Annex, Sarah Street between Twenty-fourth & Twenty-fifth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Morse School Annex, Sarah Street between Twenty-fourth & Twenty-fifth ...

Written data includes sketches & photocopies of maps. Significance: The structure is a strange mixture of relatively new and daring structural concepts and a hopelessly outdated exterior shell. It is a "mule" w... More

[Vic Willis, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

[Vic Willis, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, N. C. O. Quarters, Thirty-ninth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, N. C. O. Quarters, Thirty-ninth Street, Pittsb...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9, FN-11 Survey number: HABS PA-8-1-D

Broadhead Manor, Northern corner of Broadhead Fording & Mazette Roads, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Broadhead Manor, Northern corner of Broadhead Fording & Mazette Roads,...

Significance: Broadhead Manor, first occupied in February 1944, is among Pittsburgh's earliest public housing projects. At the beginning of World War II, the tremendous demand for shipbuilding resulted in a 6,0... More

Gulf Filling Station, Corner of Route 51 & West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Gulf Filling Station, Corner of Route 51 & West Liberty Avenue, Pittsb...

Written data includes site & floor plans. Significance: The Gulf Filling Station (Meineke Garage) is a good example of early 20th century transportation-related architecture. This building is an unusual example... More

Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh (No. 9 Monongahela River), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Point Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at Point of Pittsburgh (No. 9...

See also HAER PA-5 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Survey number: HABS PA-604 Building/structure dates: 1925-1927 Initial Construction

11 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

11 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 11 Pernod Street is representative of the smaller scale brick rowhouses that were constructed in this section of Allegheny between... More

Photographs of the U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photographs of the U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Penn...

Images show exterior and interior views of U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Details include the courtroom and lobby, murals, doors, windows, and stairways. Arrangement: Arranged by p... More

Photographs of the U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photographs of the U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Penn...

Images show exterior and interior views of U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Details include the courtroom and lobby, murals, doors, windows, and stairways. Arrangement: Arranged by p... More

Photographs of the U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photographs of the U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Penn...

Images show exterior and interior views of U.S. post office and courthouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Details include the courtroom and lobby, murals, doors, windows, and stairways. Arrangement: Arranged by p... More

John F. Singer House, 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John F. Singer House, 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,...

Significance: One of the finest and most elaborate Pittsburgh mansions built in the Gothic Revival style. Survey number: HABS PA-433 Building/structure dates: ca. 1869 Initial Construction

John F. Singer House, 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John F. Singer House, 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,...

Significance: One of the finest and most elaborate Pittsburgh mansions built in the Gothic Revival style. Survey number: HABS PA-433 Building/structure dates: ca. 1869 Initial Construction

John F. Singer House, 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John F. Singer House, 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,...

Significance: One of the finest and most elaborate Pittsburgh mansions built in the Gothic Revival style. Survey number: HABS PA-433 Building/structure dates: ca. 1869 Initial Construction

View of Pittsburgh from Mt. Washington

View of Pittsburgh from Mt. Washington

J239241 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Altwater & Bro.; January 6, 1920. On front: "Altwater & Bro., Commercial photographers, 525 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa., 1919."

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Open Hearth Plant, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Open Hearth Plant, Donner Av...

Significance: The open hearth steelmaking plant of the Monessen Works was built in 1908. Pittsburgh Steel installed eight 95 ton, basic open hearth furnaces in a 1,055 x 280 feet steel-frame, metal-clad buildi... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Open Hearth Plant, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Open Hearth Plant, Donner Av...

Significance: The open hearth steelmaking plant of the Monessen Works was built in 1908. Pittsburgh Steel installed eight 95 ton, basic open hearth furnaces in a 1,055 x 280 feet steel-frame, metal-clad buildi... More

Broadhead Manor, Three-Bedroom Type, 3501 Old Orchard Circle, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Broadhead Manor, Three-Bedroom Type, 3501 Old Orchard Circle, Pittsbur...

Survey number: HABS PA-6221-D Building/structure dates: 1944 Initial Construction

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Hot Metal Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at mile post 3.1, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Hot Metal Bridge, Spanning Mo...

Significance: Formerly enabled the hauling of molten iron from J & L Blast Furnaces on the north side over the bridge to the Open Hearth Furnaces on the south side of the Monongahela River. Survey number: HAER... More

Washington Crossing Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Fortieth Street (State Route 2124), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Washington Crossing Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Fortieth Stree...

See also HABS PA-1179 for additional documentation. Includes drawings. Significance: The bridge is an outstanding example of a long-span metal deck arch bridge. Its unique architectural details, forged in a suc... More

John M. Bracken Hotel, 100-104 Anderson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John M. Bracken Hotel, 100-104 Anderson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny ...

Written data & photo caption pages include sketches. Significance: The Bracken Hotel, built in 1892, is one of the last remnants in this part of what was once the City of Allegheny, annexed to Pittsburgh in 190... More

John M. Bracken Hotel, 100-104 Anderson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John M. Bracken Hotel, 100-104 Anderson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny ...

Written data & photo caption pages include sketches. Significance: The Bracken Hotel, built in 1892, is one of the last remnants in this part of what was once the City of Allegheny, annexed to Pittsburgh in 190... More

John M. Bracken Hotel, 100-104 Anderson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

John M. Bracken Hotel, 100-104 Anderson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny ...

Written data & photo caption pages include sketches. Significance: The Bracken Hotel, built in 1892, is one of the last remnants in this part of what was once the City of Allegheny, annexed to Pittsburgh in 190... More

15 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

15 Pernod Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 15 Pernod Street is representative of the smaller scale brick rowhouses constructed in this section of Allegheny between 1874, whe... More

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

General Ulysses S. Grant leading a charge on the Rebels at Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0476.

[Design drawing for architectural elements: Altar and Reredos with tracery Gothic design and finials, crucifix, and vases for Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[Design drawing for architectural elements: Altar and Reredos with tra...

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

[Nicholas Maddox, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

[Nicholas Maddox, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Entrance Gates, Thirty-ninth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Entrance Gates, Thirty-ninth Street, Pittsburg...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS PA-8-1-J

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Mt. Washington

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from Mt. Washington

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA

Carnegie Free Library, 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, Fay...

Significance: Connellsville was the regional center of the world famous Connellsville coking fields that supplied the Pittsburgh steel industry during its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrew ... More

Beau Brummell Club, 954 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Beau Brummell Club, 954 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ...

Survey number: HABS PA-625 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Heart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

[The Heart of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania] - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, McKinley Park Bridge, Overbrook Trolley Line, crossing Bausman Street at McKinley Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, McKinley Park Bridge, Overbrook ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, McKinley Park Bridge, Overbrook Trolley Line, crossing Bausman Street at McKinley Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, McKinley Park Bridge, Overbrook ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham / drawn from nature, lithographed & published by Otto Krebs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham / drawn from nature, lithographed &...

Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh at the confluence of the Monongahela, in the foreground, and the Allegheny Rivers; Birmingham is in the right foreground and Allegheny is in the distance on the left.

Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Brady Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, Allegheny...

See also HAER PA-3 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-180 Survey number: HABS PA-614 Building/structure dates: 189... More

[Lefty Leifield, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

[Lefty Leifield, Pittsburgh Pirates, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, Reflectorville Viaduct, Overbrook Trolley Line, crossing near Edgebrook Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, Reflectorville Viaduct, Overbroo...

Significance: The bridge is one of four bridges which carried Pittsburgh Railway's trolley cars, along the 6 mile route from Mount Washington to Castle Shannon. Survey number: HAER PA-410-C

Schenley Park and vicinity, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Schenley Park and vicinity, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Commandants' Quarters, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Commandants' Quarters, Fortieth Street, Pittsb...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tavern, pub, or small restaurant, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, West of Beaver River, Beaver, Beaver County, PA

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Ohio River Bridge, Spanning Ohio Rive...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its relatively long and heavy cantilever truss, planned shortly before the Quebec cantilever bridge collapse of 1907. Rather than select a different design, the railr... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

Sourbeck house Alliance, Ohio / Aug. Hani, Lith. St. Clair St. Pittsburgh.

Sourbeck house Alliance, Ohio / Aug. Hani, Lith. St. Clair St. Pittsbu...

Print shows an exterior view of the Sourbeck House train station with passenger cars for the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Rail Way on one track and a locomotive for the Cleveland & Pittsburgh R.W. on another... More

English-Oliver House, 845 Ridge Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

English-Oliver House, 845 Ridge Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, ...

Significance: Originally built in 1871-74, the house was remodeled in 1892-93 after the designs of the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge. One of the finest of the Pittsburgh millionaires'' mansions, i... More

Charles Brewer House, 1131 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Charles Brewer House, 1131 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-73 Survey number: HABS PA-41 Building/structure dates: ca. 1830 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1861- before. 1925 Subsequent Work

Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad, Bridge No. 13, Spanning Beaver River, South of State Route 288 Bridge, Wampum, Lawrence County, PA

Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula Railroad, Bridge No. 13, Spanning B...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...

Photo caption pages include a site plan. Written data includes floor plans & photocopies of location maps & site plans. Survey number: HABS PA-6640 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction Building... More

Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Westlake Public School, 900 Lorenz Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Count...

Photo caption pages include a site plan. Written data includes floor plans & photocopies of location maps & site plans. Survey number: HABS PA-6640 Building/structure dates: 1885 Initial Construction Building... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington, Bucks County, PA

Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...

Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile downstream from confluence of Monongahela & Allegheny rivers, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

West End-North Side Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, approximately 1 mile ...

Photographs cover approach spans only; Ohio River span not shown. Significance: After two decades of agitation by the local business community, the West End-North Side Bridge was completed in 1932 by the Americ... More

Smithfield Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River on Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Smithfield Street Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River on Smithfield Str...

Significance: Designed by Gustav Lindenthal, one of America's most famous bridge engineers, as a two-lane bridge. One lane was erected in 1883, and another was added in 1891. The span is Pittsburgh's most gra... More

Pittsburg Pirates, champions National League, 1909 / Rudolph '09.

Pittsburg Pirates, champions National League, 1909 / Rudolph '09.

Composite photo and drawing with heads of Pittsburg Pirate baseball team members as pirates arranged on a pirate ship; each player/pirate is identified by last name and position played. 132847 U.S. Copyright Of... More

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Main Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at mile post 3.1, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Main Bridge, Spanning Mononga...

Significance: Major connection between the north and south sides of the plant which was separated by the Monongahela River. Practically all of the intra-mill transfer of materials crossed this bridge during th... More

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Coun...

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S. Unpro... More

Carnegie Institute of Technology, Machinery Hall Tower, Carnegie Mellon University Campus, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Carnegie Institute of Technology, Machinery Hall Tower, Carnegie Mello...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2,...

Significance: No. 1 and No. 2 Blast Furnaces were blown-in in 1913. The two furnaces were nearly identical in design and capacity at the time of construction and shared a common cast house, an unusual arrangem... More

Fulton Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Fulton Theater, 101 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Additional info on LC index card. Significance: Theatre for Richard Hyde Esq., better known as the Fulton Theatre, was designed by architects Dodge and Morrison of New York City and was completed in the year 19... More

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Mt. Washington

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Mt. Washington

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Pin-boys in a Pittsburgh Bowling Alley. They work until late at night.  Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pin-boys in a Pittsburgh Bowling Alley. They work until late at night....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[George F. Miller, Philadelphia Alleghenys, baseball card portrait]

[George F. Miller, Philadelphia Alleghenys, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Allen & Ginter Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Pennsylvania Railroad Station Rotunda, Liberty, Grant & Eleventh Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad Station Rotunda, Liberty, Grant & Eleventh Stree...

Significance: The Pennsylvania Railroad Station was commissioned from the office of D.H. Brunham in Chicago, one of the chief purveyors of the new monumental Classicism. Survey number: HABS PA-1175 Building/... More

The Point, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Point, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Crossing Bridge, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Washington Crossing Bridge, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cou...

See also HAER PA-447 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Additional info on LC index card. Significance: The bridge was built from 1919-24 and is the design of architect Benno Jan... More

Washington Crossing Bridge, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Washington Crossing Bridge, Fortieth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cou...

See also HAER PA-447 for additional documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Additional info on LC index card. Significance: The bridge was built from 1919-24 and is the design of architect Benno Jan... More

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Machine Shop, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Allegheny Arsenal, Machine Shop, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10 Survey number: HABS PA-8-1-H Building/structure dates: before 1934 Subsequent Work

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Second Avenue at State Route 3069, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Secon...

Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Wash... More

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Second Avenue at State Route 3069, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Secon...

Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Wash... More

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Second Avenue at State Route 3069, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Liberty Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, East Carson Street & Secon...

Significance: This was the longest and most expensive bridge built in Allegheny County when it was completed in 1928. The bridge links Pittsburgh's downtown area with the Liberty Tunnels, built through Mt. Wash... More

1200 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

1200 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 1200 Reddour Street is representative of the larger-scale, multi-unit residential structures that were constructed in this sectio... More

Allequippa Terrace, Burrows & Wadsworth Streets & Waring & Robinson Courts, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Allequippa Terrace, Burrows & Wadsworth Streets & Waring & Robinson Co...

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Allequippa Terrace, Burrows & Wadsworth Streets & Waring & Robinson Courts, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Allequippa Terrace, Burrows & Wadsworth Streets & Waring & Robinson Co...

Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bell Avenue Bridge, Spanning Bell Avenue at Conrail Railroad, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Bell Avenue Bridge, Spanning Bell Avenue at Conrail Railroad, Pittsbur...

Significance: Constructed in 1880 to replace an earlier wooden structure, the bridge provided an overpass for Bell Avenue in the Borough of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. The twin sandstone arches represent a bridge t... More

1214 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

1214 Reddour Street (House), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Written data includes photocopies of location maps & floor plans. Significance: 1214 Reddour Street is representative of the larger scale brick houses that were built after a devastating fire leveled the surrou... More

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