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Carnegie Museum and Library

1972-10-09

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Carnegie Museum and Library
  • Title
  • Carnegie Museum and Library
  • Creator
  • Judge of Good Pictures
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F10.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F10.I03
  • Description
  • The Carnegie Museum and Library complex in Oakland as seen from the nearby Cathedral of Learning. The original building housing the natural history museum, art gallery, music hall, and library was constructed from 1891-1895 with a grant from Andrew Carnegie. This photograph also shows the Sarah M. Scaife Gallery under construction (left background) to the left of the main building along Forbes Avenue. The architect of this addition that opened in 1974 was Edward Larrabee Barnes and the builder was Turner Construction Company. The addition was funded by a gift of the Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation and the Scaife family.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Carnegie Institute.
    Sarah M. Scaife Gallery (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Museums--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Libraries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Forbes Avenue (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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