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Hill District Street Scene

1951-03

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Hill District Street Scene
  • Title
  • Hill District Street Scene
  • Creator
  • Richard Sanders
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F10.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F10.I01
  • Description
  • Caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Policewoman directs traffic for school children at Watt Street and Bedford Avenue.” By 1929 the Hill District section of Pittsburgh was populated by a diverse number of ethnic groups. The Hill was divided into sections that reflected the ethnic makeup of that area. Some of these sections were called Little Italy, Polish Hill, Athens, Little Syria, Jewish “Ghetto,” and the Black Belt. During the twentieth century, the older ethnic and Jewish population moved away and the Hill became known as the Harlem of Pittsburgh, a place where the best jazz could be heard. Urban renewal in the 1950s removed virtually all of the Lower Hill.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Policewomen--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Bedford Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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