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Chassis Laboratory

May 10, 1918

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Chassis Laboratory
  • Title
  • Chassis Laboratory
  • Date
  • May 10, 1918
  • Identifier
  • ARBA05.UA
  • Description
  • Men work in the Chassis Laboratory as part of training conducted by the University for war-related industrial work. Beginning on April 11, 1918, the University instituted a training program for automobile and gas engine mechanics. Seven barracks that could house 1,000, a mess hall that could seat 2,000, an administrative building and the Y.M.C.A. Hospitality House were built on the hill above O'Hara Street. Within six months, 2,200 men were being trained.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Laboratories
    Men
    Machinery--Maintenance and repair
    World War, 1914-1918
    Automobiles
    Students
    University of Pittsburgh
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic 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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