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The Train Home

August 8, 1943-August 18, 1943

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The Train Home
  • Title
  • The Train Home
  • Creator
  • Kingsley Association
  • Date
  • August 8, 1943-August 18, 1943
  • Identifier
  • 705.1814.KA
  • Description
  • Passengers on the train home to Pittsburgh from the Lillian Home camp in Valencia. On this outing to the camp were employees from Clairton, Homestead, Duquesne, Isabella, and Edgar Thomson Steel Mills and their families. The Lillian Taylor Farm Camp was a "Fresh Air Farm" that began in 1902 on 65 acres of land in Valencia, Pennsylvania donated by the Industrialist Charles L. Taylor. The goal of the camp was to provide women and children in urban areas the opportunity to enjoy the country. The Lillian Home was opened on the camp site June 17, 1903. In 1907, Mr. Taylor officially deeded the property to the Kingsley Association. After many land acquisitions, the total camp area rose to 147 acres. The Valencia property was also home to the Lillian Rest convalescent hospital. The property was sold by the Kingsley Association in 2005.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Children
    Women
    Men
    Persons
    Railroad trains
    Luggage
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Valencia (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Kingsley Association Records, 1894-1980
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Kingsley Association Records
  • 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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