Guide to the Trinity Court Studio Photographs 1861-1944
1861-1944
Metadata Details
- Title
- Trinity Court Studio photographs 1861-1944
- Creator
- Subject
- Johnston, Ralph , 1873-1962, Trinity Court Studio (Pittsburgh, Pa.)., Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc
- Description
- The collection consists of photographs (1900-1944), glass plate negatives (1861-1936), negatives (1896-1936), and nitrate film (undated). Most of the photographs and negatives are of office buildings, churches, synagogues, businesses, hospitals and schools throughout Pittsburgh. Some examples are Bnai Israel Synagogue, the Cathedral of Learning, the Roosevelt Hotel, the Koppers Building and Childrens Hospital. A few of the photographs are of individuals and groups, such as Miss June Rule and the Stephen Foster Memorial Choir. The glass plate negatives depict groups such as the Duquesne Greys at Allegheny Arsenal, and events such as a 1929 game at Pitt Stadium between Carnegie Tech and Notre Dame. Neighborhoods represented throughout the collection include Oakland and downtown Pittsburgh., Trinity Court Studio photographs, 1861-1944, PSS 0044, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Daniel A. Graham Gift 2002 2002.0156, Trinity Court Studio was a photography studio located on the seventh floor of the Granite Building at 313 Sixth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, Pa. Ralph W. Johnston, a portrait and architecture photographer, opened the studio in 1897. He was the first photographer in Pittsburgh to use flashbulbs which enabled him to make high-quality, detailed prints. The Heinz family and other wealthy clients in Pittsburgh commissioned Johnston to make one-of-a-kind photograph albums that depicted their lives. His other commissions included making the Carnegie Institute Founders Day group photographs and making photographs of events in wealthy family lives, such as the Helen Clay Frick debut., Gift of Daniel A. Graham., Processed PSS 0044 02/2012 K. Smith, Collection level finding aid available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Trinity Court Studio (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1861-1944
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- oclc: 781440744, pitt: US-QQS-pss0044
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-pss0044, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- 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/