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Larimer Avenue Bridge

July 15, 1911

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Larimer Avenue Bridge
  • Title
  • Larimer Avenue Bridge
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • July 15, 1911
  • Identifier
  • 715.112178.CP
  • Description
  • Larimer Avenue Bridge from the west end looking north. A billboard on the far left of the photograph advertises Kaufmann's as "The Big Store" with "Everything Under the Sun." "The Big Store" refers to Kaufmann's flagship store, located in downtown Pittsburgh. Kaufmann's was founded in Pittsburgh in 1871 and was absorbed by Macy's in 2006. Edgar Kaufmann was famous for later commissioning Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, located in West Virginia.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Bridges--Design and construction
    Blue collar workers
    Dwellings
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Larimer Avenue Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Larimer (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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