Repository

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Title

Edward J. Shourek Photograph Collection

Creator

Shourek, Edward J.

Collection Number

AIS.1991.19b

Extent

196 items (8) boxes

Date

1913-1920

Abstract

This collection consists of the photographic glass-plate negatives of Edward J. Shourek for the years 1913-1920. There are 196 negatives that document Shourek's activities in the Lincoln-Lemington area of Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood from 1913-1920. Digital reproductions of the collection are available online.

Language

English .

Author

Vince Kwiotek and John Thompson. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process by Andy Newman in May, 2004.

Publisher

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Address

University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Biography

Edward J. Shourek was born in Pittsburgh in June 1895. The Shourek family lived at 811 East View Avenue in the Lincoln-Lemington area of Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood. As a young man, Shourek's hobby of photography captured family life in Pittsburgh during the early 1900s. Subjects of his photographs were the East Libery neighborhood, Central High School, George Westinghouse High School, family vacations, other families and friends. Shourek graduated from Pittsburgh's Central High School in 1914 and soon after enlisted in the United States Army Corps of Engineers where he worked as a draftsman. Shourek worked as a draftsman in the Army until 1965. Shourek was married to Florence Love and had one daughter, Marion Shourek Slabaugh of Portland, Oregon. Edward J. Shourek died in Pittsburgh on February 8, 1966.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the glass-plate negatives of the Edward J. Shourek Photograph Collection, 1913-1920. The collection consists of 25 series which are subject oriented. The negatives are ordered chronologically within each series, except for series that have no dates. Each negative is described according to the subjects in the image, ie. person, or place. In addition to subject description, many negatives include a phrase created by Shourek that depicts the scene, these are indicated by quotation marks. Pittsburgh sites include Central High School, Westinghouse High School, Fern Hollow, Syria Mosque, and Reimer and Brothers, Inc. Sites from family vacations include Akron, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Niagara Falls, New York; and Huntington County, West Virgina. People identified in the photographs include Ella Shourek (Gerding), Martha Shourek (Stuck), Ida Shourek (Sant), Julia Shourek, Theodore Shourek, Uncle Luke, Aunt Tillie, Mary Ewart, Kate Flavin, Erma Gill, Billy Goodyear, Bob Holden, Catherine Kohne, Helen Lundquist, Elaine Lundquist, Alfred Mound, Karyn Mound, Joe Parrish, Jimmie Rule, Edward Stack, and Margaret Wightman. The photographs also include images of dogs, cats, horses, squirrels, groundhogs, and farm scenes.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from Mr. John Rischnavsky, 1991

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at http://historicpittsburgh.org/collection/edward-j-shourek-photographs.

Preferred Citation

Edward J. Shourek Photograph Collection, AIS.1991.19b, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Previous Citation

Edward J. Shourek Photograph Collection, AIS.1991.19b, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Edward J. Shourek, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ais 91:19b, Photographs, 1913-1920, Archives of Industrial Society, Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Vince Kwiotek and John Thompson in 1991 and then encoded by Andrew Newman in May 2004.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Andy Newman in May, 2004. 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: 4375717

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

Corporate Names

• Central High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Photographs
• Westinghouse High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Photographs

Personal Names

• Shourek, Edward J.

Family Names

• Shourek family -- Photographs

Geographic Names

• Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Social life and customs -- Photographs
• Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Photographs

Other Subjects

• Personal papers

Container List

Series I. Home, 1911-1918

Buster (dog), Spring, 1911

Containers

box 1

Edward Stack standing outside with dog, 1912

One of Reel's Dogs, Spring, 1912

Ma, Emily and Ida posing outside, 1913

Emily and Ed posing out in the garden, 1913

Ida, Martha and Emily with dogs and cats in garden, 1913

Group of four women and two men posing in backyard, 1913

Bernice, Ed and Martha in garden, 1913

Emily in garden

One of Reel's dogs, 1913

Ernst in backyard, Autumn, 1913

Central High School 1914 flag, 1914

Ham, Helen and Martha in backyard, 1914

Billy (pup) on step, 1915

A pup, 1915

A pup, 1915

Pup on front step, 1915

Peony bush, June, 1915

Bush Stack's squirrel in cage, November, 1915

Page from the Pageant, Edward in Page's costume with American flag, 1916

Reggie (dog) among potted plants

Buster and Dodo (dogs) on front porch, 1916

Ted in dress suit, first formal, March, 1916

The wild patch, garden in backyard, May 18, 1916

Fireworks, Garaboldi celebration, "A Rocket", July 17, 1916

Fireworks, Garaboldi celebration, "The Bombs Bursting in Air", July 17, 1916

Containers

box 2

Fireworks, Garaboldi celebration, "Golden Rain", July 17, 1916

Edward's study stable on his side of the room, September 19, 1916

Bob Holden, Supreme Secretary, December 31, 1916

Last heavy snow, view from Edward's front window, March, 1917

Last heavy snow, view from Ida's room, March, 1917

Martha in new spring suit, 1918

Snow storm, back lot, April 12, 1918

Backyard from shop, June, 1918

Jess (cat) sitting on window sill, June, 1918

Pa and Uncle Joe in backyard, July 4, 1918

Uncle Joe on back porch, July 4, 1918

Alfred and Karyn in backyard, undated

Martha by fence in backyard, undated

One of Reel's dogs on steps, undated

Reel's dog on steps, undated

Ida standing by fence in backyard, undated

Sport (dog) sitting by fence, undated

Two puppies, undated

Dog sitting on couch, undated

Ida on sidewalk by yard, undated

Series II. Farm, 1913-1920

The clover field, 1913

Young corn field before storm, 1913

Lennon's dog Shep, 1913

Cherry, Daisy, Blanche, Star, Durno (cows), and Dick (dog) in the pasture, 1913

Julie, Helen, Emily, and Grace (girls) with Shep and Tige (dogs) on lawn, 1913

Containers

box 3

Dude on Phoebe (woman riding horse), 1913

Bonny (cow), 1913

Lennon riding mower pulled by two horses, 1913

Scene in pasture, 1913

Helen standing in field, July 1913

Girls on road, July 1913

Potato field, 1914

"Stuck on the big hill," car on dirt road, 1914

The road looking west, 1914

Maiden Blush Apple Tree, 1914

Groundhog, 1914

Hank, Dude and Ebberjay sitting on a tree stump, 1914

Hank, Ebberjay and Emily sitting on a tree stump, 1914

Group of boys and girls on bank of creek, 1914

A fern in Uncle Joe's woods, 1914

Hank, Ebberjay and Shep (dog) on a fallen tree, 1914

Woodchuck, 1914

Dude and Ebberjay on a tree over creek, 1914

Dogs digging woodchucks, 1914

Dogs digging woodchucks, 1914

Hank, Dude and Ebberjay on tree stump, 1914

Scene in Uncle Joe's woods, 1914

Apple tree, 1914

Dickie (little boy) standing outside, 1920

Series III. Central High School, 1913-1914

Trophy case, 1913

Containers

box 4

Class 11-12 group photo, June 1913

Toots, Ashford, and O'Connel on school steps, 1914

Gus at Doctor Dewey's desk the day of the fire, 1914

Jimmie Rule at desk, 1914

Catherine "Kitty," Roach, Midge, and Pest sitting on school steps, 1914

Midge outside of school, 1914

Midge, Boob, and Shrimp on roof, 1914

Stage setting for "Einer Muss Heiraten", 1914

Stage setting for "Einer Muss Heiraten", 1914

Critical study class, "Teacher, Teacher", 1914

Critical Study Class, 1914

Pest and Shrimp on roof, 1914

Shep on steps of school, 1914

Boob and Midge on roof ventilator, 1914

The flag raising, Roach and Boob on roof, 1914

"Beauty and dignity personified. Its great to be a wonderful detective." Catherine Kohne and Mary Enart on front steps with Joe Parish peeping from behind a pillar, 1914

Inside of Edward's desk, 12-5, Spring, 1914

Series IV. Akron, Ohio, 1913-1914

Annie's place, group in front yard, 1913

Annie's place, group in front yard, 1913

Fritz (little boy) standing on chair, 1914

Series V. Lennon's Horse, 1913

Horse harnassed to buggy, 1913

Containers

box 5

Series VI. The Lundquist Family, 1914

Elaine (baby girl) sitting on stool in yard, 1914

Helen (young girl) on rocker in yard, 1914

Helen (standing) and Elaine (on stool) in yard, 1914

Helen and Elaine on stool in yard, 1914

The Lundquist family, 1914

The Lundquist family, 1914

Series VII. The Reimer Family Picnic, 1914

"I love to be among the girls." Vetter, McCarthy, Raider, Flavin, Gildea, Frank, Schindler, Fahnestock, Magurie, Becker, 1914

"I love the ladies." Fahler's farm, 1914

Becker, Fahnestock, Vetter, Burrows, Maguire, Shourek on fence rail, 1914

Maguire at the spring, 1914

Series VIII. Shopgang, 1914

Kiljoy, flashlight, boy doing lathework, 1914

Midge, flashlight, boy doing work on motor, 1914

Series IX. Clark's Camp, 1914

"Writing that wonderful name in the sand," group of seven, 1914

"On the island," group of twelve people with two canoes, 1914

Series X. Buffalo, New York, 1914

McKinley Monument, 1914

Series XI. Big Willow Tree Camp, 1915-1917

Big Willow Tree Camp, path through woods, July 1915

"Sailing on the Rushton Branch," two people in sailboat, July 1915

Pine tree on Terrace Mountain, July 1915

Sport (dog) swimming, "He always flips his tail when he grabs the stick", July 1915

Man holding fish on dock, "Roach and his catch", July 1915

Allegrippas from the barn, July 1915

Man with fishing pole and fish, "Fish, the Fisherman, a Fish Story", July 1915

Sport (dog) bringing a stick ashore, Rushton River, July 1915

Canoes on river, 1917

Scene in Allegrippas, July 28, 1917

"Shrimp in the Ruston River," boy in canoe, July 28, 1917

"Woolyo Brown on the dock," man standing on dock, July 28, 1917

Roach and Woolyo in the "swim", July 29, 1917

Containers

box 6

"The Spring," shows water bucket, July 29, 1917

John and Ed fishing at the base of Allegrippas Ridge, July 29, 1917

The Gang: P.M.D., Roach, Shrimp, Spuds, Woolyo, July 29, 1917

Shepard Brownie on the cozy rock at the foot of the Allegrippas, July 29, 1917

Series XII. Inca, 1915-1918

"Inca Ed and Bess," man and woman standing under flag on steps in front of house, Spring 1915

The Avenue, field stretching between rows of trees, Summer 1915

Tomato plants in Inca garden, Summer 1915

Cucumber plants, 9 inches long, 3 inches diameter, Summer 1915

Mess tent, group eating during the day, 1917

"My tent", August 12, 1917

Belle Wightman in front of "my tent", August 25 1917

Cornelia in lazyback chair, June 9, 1918

"Count and Cornmeal," man and woman standing by tree, June 9, 1918

Erma Gill, June 9, 1918

Erma on grip, July 7, 1918

Erma in hammock reading, September 8, 1918

Erma in lazyback chair, September 14, 1918

Erma on path, holding grip, September 14, 1918

Ed and Erma on porch swing, September 14, 1918

Erma after falling out of the hammock, September 15, 1918

Series XIII. Huntingdon County, 1915

Picture of BWTC from Allegrippas Ridge, July 1915

Containers

box 7

The road up Terrace Mountain, EJS dressed in pages costume and holding banner, July 1915

Series XIV. George Westinghouse High School, 1916

The sewing class, girls, May 18, 1916

The cooking class, six girls, May 18, 1916

The cooking class, May 18, 1916

Series XV. Pittsburgh, 1916

"The Thirsty Clansman," JHB in a cloak holding a walking stick at a brook, 1916

Tree on Boulevard, undated

Series XVI. Uncle Luke's, 1918

Uncle Luke standing on steps outside house, 1918

Aunt Tillie on back steps, 1918

Ernst on back steps, 1918

Bernice on back steps, 1918

Uncle Luke on back steps, 1918

Bernice standing on back steps, 1918

Series XVII. Niagara Falls, 1920

Rapids above falls, September 12, 1920

Series XVIII. McCartney's, no date

Front of house with person on front steps, undated

Bunch on porch, four women and two men, undated

Bunch in backyard, four children, two women, and a man, undated

View of back of house, woman and two children, undated

Series XIX. Reymer and Brothers, Inc., no date

Store from balcony, interior of store, located on 6022 Penn Avenue, undated

Series XX. Scene, no date

Wooded creek scene, undated

Series XXI. Animals, no date

French poodle, undated

Series XXII. Reymer's, no date

Fisher standing outside of building, undated

Coward Flannelsocks and Kate Flaven, man and woman, undated

Series XXIII. Fern Hollow, no date

Field with trees in background, undated

Clump of trees, undated

Series XXIV Unlabeled, no date

Scope and Contents note

Series XXIV. contains unlabeled negatives identified by subjects on the image.

Dog "dressed up" in house, undated

Containers

box 8

Woman in field, undated

Syria Mosque, undated

Group picture in woods, 20 people, undated

Allegrippas Ridge and lake or river, undated

Boy beside creek, undated

Man wearing Shriner hat, undated

Series XXV Copies, 1914-1918

Scope and Contents note

Series XXV. contains copies of negatives or photographs of other photographs. Series in chronological order.

P.M.D.'s negatives drying on the wall, 1914

E.J.S.'s negatives drying on the wall, 1914

Margareth Wightman's portraits on the wall, 1916

Margaret Wightman's negatives drying, 1916

Kindergarten class, 1918

Billy Goodyear standing in side yard, 1918

Billy Goodyear negative drying on wall, 1918

Billy Goodyear negative drying on wall, Spring 1918

Martha's pictures on the drying rack, June 1918

Frank, Joe Robing posing in good clothes, June 1918

Blythe B, age 13, seated next to table, June 1918

Lettie "sunshine" Burnette, posing seated next to table, June 1918

Ex Libris - H. Zief, group's symbol, June 1918

Ex Libris - H. Zief, June 1918

Ida and Danny, June 20, 1918

E.M.G. from senior number of "The Peabody" taken from the yearbook, copy shows Erma, Mildred, Gill, and Samual B. Goodstone on page 18 of "The Peabody", September 18, 1918

The Shakers, taken for J.H.B., undated

Series XVI. Oversize

Scope and Content Notes

This material was added to the finding aid in December 2010.

Picture of the boat, "Henry L. Hillman", undated

Containers

map-case 7, drawer 5