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Downtown Pittsburgh Street Scene

1950-06-07

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Downtown Pittsburgh Street Scene
  • Title
  • Downtown Pittsburgh Street Scene
  • Creator
  • John R. Shrader
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F13.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F13.I01
  • Description
  • The Duquesne Pilsner sign (left center) was long a landmark at the corner of Bigelow Boulevard and Sixth Avenue just above Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh. Today, this site is the location of the U.S. Steel Tower. In the lower right corner the Carlton House Hotel is under construction at the corner of Bigelow Boulevard (running vertically near the lower center of the photograph). Bigelow Boulevard made a turn to the left (near the center of the photograph) before continuing east to Oakland. Webster Avenue begins where Bigelow Avenue turns left. It can be seen (top left center) running through the Hill District neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The statue in the small triangular park (lower left) honored former Pittsburgh Mayor Magee.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Bigelow Boulevard (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Sixth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Duquesne Pilsener Beer.
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Central Lincoln Mercury, Inc. (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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