Guide to the Robert A. Cummings, Jr. Photographic Prints, c.1950's AIS.1969.16
1950-1959
Metadata Details
- Title
- Photographic prints collection of Robert A. Cummings, Jr., ca. 1950s, Cummings photographic prints collection, ca. 1950s
- Creator
- Subject
- Cummings, Robert A , 1893-1972, University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Steel-works--Pennsylvania--Pictorial works, Electric industries--Pennsylvania--Pictorial works
- Description
- 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 GeneralHospital 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., Photographic prints collection of Robert A. Cummings, Jr., c. 1950's, AIS Photo 1969:16, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh., Gift of Robert A. Cummings, Jr., 1969., Robert A Cummings Jr. was an aerial photographer and cartographer., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Item level control http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais196916
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Cummings, Robert A. , 1893-1972, University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
- Date
- 1950-1959
- Type
- Collection, StillImage, picture, Photographers-Photographs-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Cities-Photographs-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh., Photogravure.
- Format
- Identifier
- pitt:US-PPiU-ais196916, oclc: ocm30959212, oclc: 30959212, pitt: US-PPiU-ais196916
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais196916, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Rights