Joel B. Levinson photographs 1950 - 2006 1980 - 1999
Creator
Subject
Levinson, Joel B, Cathedral of Learning (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Fallingwater (Pa.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History., University of Pittsburgh., Heinz Memorial Chapel (University of Pittsburgh), Phipps Conservatory., Pittsburgh Center for the Arts., Pittsburgh Steelers (Football team), Three Rivers Arts Festival (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Photographs, Landscape photography, Neighborhoods--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Photographs
Description
Joel B. Levinson, an independent photographer in Pittsburgh, Pa., who worked primarily in the 1980s and 1990s, produced numerous calendars, postcards, and photographic essays highlighting the people, events, and structures of the city under the name Pittsburghscape. The collection is comprised of approximately 7,000 items and includes photographic prints, slides, negatives, positives, and manuscript materials related to Levinson's photography of the Pittsburgh region that showcase the diversity of his subject matter., Joel B. Levinson Photographs, 1950-2006, AIS.2015.01, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh, Gift; Jeffery B., Toba, Eric, Drew and Mark Levinson; 201503., Joel B. Levinson was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1934, where he remained for most of his life. His varied career included working as a businessman, an engineer, industrial appraiser, and a photographer. In the late 1970s, Levinson began extensively photographing the structures and people of the Pittsburgh region. "Pittsburgh: Views in the 21st Century" was Levinson's last homage to the city he dearly loved. He passed away on October 26, 2007 in Boulder., Text in English., Levinson Steel Company Records, 1926-1985, (MSS 1042); Rauh Jewish Archives, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais201501
Publisher
Contributor
Levinson, Joel B., Nega, Susan., University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Kennywood Park (Pa.), McConnell's Mill State Park (Pa.), Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Mount Washington (Pittsburgh, Pa.), North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.), Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.), South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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