Guide to the Robert A. Cummings, Jr. Photographic Prints, c.1950's AIS.1969.16
- Repository
- ULS Archives & Special Collections
- Title
- Robert A. Cummings, Jr. Photographic Prints
- Creator
- Cummings, Robert A., Jr.
- Collection Number
- AIS.1969.16
- Extent
- 67 items
- Date
- c. 1950
- Abstract
- This collection contains photographic prints of Robert A. Cummings, Jr. The 67 photographic prints from the decade of the 1950's are of the Pittsburgh Area.
- Language
- English .
- Publisher
- ULS Archives & Special Collections
- Address
- University of Pittsburgh Library System
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Biography
Robert A Cummings Jr. was an aerial photographer and cartographer.
Scope and Content Notes
The collection contains 67 photographic prints of various views of downtown Pittsburgh. Nine of the prints are photogravure prints, one of which shows downtown Pittsburgh and eight of which are unidentified. There are sixteen black and white prints of downtown Pittsburgh and the Point. The phtotgraphs include four black and white prints of Brunot's Island, taken from Duquesne Heights. Three prints are of the North Side, one showing Allegheny General Hospital and two showing the Monogahela River, taken from Mt. Washington. There is one black and white print of a Westinghouse Electric Plant, one of a Jones Laughlin Steel Plant, and two of the John F. Casey Co. The collection also contains thirteen unidentified photographs as well as a series of eighteen connected aerial photographs extending from downtown Pittsburgh to Squirrel Hill showing such landmarks as: Gulf Building, Koppers Building, Hill District, Oakland, University of Pittsburgh, Forbes Field, Schenley Park, the Carnegie, Carnegie Institute of Technology (Carnegie Mellon University), and Squirrel Hill.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift of Robert A. Cummings, Jr, in 1969.
Preferred Citation
Robert A. Cummings, Jr., Photographic Prints c. 1950's, AIS.1969.16, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Previous Citation
Robert A. Cummings, Jr., Photographic Prints c. 1950's, AIS.1969.16, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Cummings, Robert A., Jr., 1893-1972, Photographic Prints, c. 1950s, ais 69:16, Archives of Industrial Society.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by John Thompson on October 1, 1990.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Holly Mengel in November 2001. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1464572
Copyright
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects
- Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Pictorial works
- Carnegie-Mellon University -- Pictorial works
- Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company -- Pictorial works
- University of Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works
- Forbes Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Gulf Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Koppers Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Pitt Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- John F. Casey Company -- Pictorial works
- Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Pictorial works
- Carnegie Institute -- Pictorial works
- Cummings, Robert A. -- Photograph collections
- Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works
- Brunot Island (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Schenley Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Aerial photographs
- Personal papers
- Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pictorial works
- Electric industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pictorial works