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The Sentinel

1929

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The Sentinel
  • Title
  • The Sentinel
  • Creator
  • Torrance, Hugh C.
  • Date
  • 1929
  • Identifier
  • 84.7.36
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 84.7.36
  • Description
  • View of downtown Pittsburgh featuring the Grant Building in the background. The forty-story Grant Building, constructed of limestone and brick, was completed in 1927. The tower at the top of the structure was a neon-covered beacon tower, the largest at the time it was built. It spells Pittsburgh" in Morse code."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Grant Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Skyscrapers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Smoke--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Panoramic views--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of Photographs, 1894-1958
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of 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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