Guide to the Joel B. Levinson Photographs, 1950-2006 AIS.2015.01
1950-2006
Metadata Details
- Title
- 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)
- Date
- 1950-2006
- Type
- Collection, text, Negatives (Photographic), Photographs, Slides (Photographs), Finding aids.
- Format
- Identifier
- pitt:US-PPiU-ais201501, oclc: ocn958274478, pitt: US-PPiU-ais201501
- 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-ais201501, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- 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.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/