City of Duquesne Street Scene

1956

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City of Duquesne Street Scene
  • Title
  • City of Duquesne Street Scene
  • Creator
  • Vinard Studios
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F18.I03
  • Description
  • Prior to the incorporation of Duquesne as a borough in 1891, the land now occupied by the City of Duquesne was used chiefly for farming purposes. On the Oliver Farm were three fine apple and one pear orchards covering 35 acres. With the beginning of operations in the manufacturing plants during the late nineteenth century, which afterwards proved so great a boom to the town, many working men were attracted to the community. Houses sprung up in numbers in the lower part of town, particularly below Second Street. The population of Duquesne reached its peak of 21,396 in 1930 and by 1950, about 16 percent of the population of 17,000 was foreign born, reflecting the large number of immigrants who moved to the mill town.
  • Subject
  • Duquesne (Pa.)
    Hensler's Grill (Duquesne, Pa.)
    Family Shoe Store (Duquesne, Pa.)
    Billiard Box (Duquesne, Pa.)
    Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Duquesne.
  • 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
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