Gordon's Shoe Store at the corner of Centre Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street, in the Hill District

ca. 1930-1955

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Gordon's Shoe Store at the corner of Centre Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street, in the Hill District
  • Title
  • Gordon's Shoe Store at the corner of Centre Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street, in the Hill District
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1930-1955
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.424
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.424
  • Description
  • In 1938 Gordon's Shoes, owned by Benjamin Gordon, was located at 2200 Centre Avenue and Kirkpatrick Street in the Hill District. In this view, a Pittsburgh Provision & Packing Company delivery truck blocks the view of the entrance. Cars parked on the side street date from the 1930s or 1940s. Men and women congregate on the corner. Laundry hangs from a porch at the end of the street and a single smokestack rises in the distance. This image is cropped from a negative with a more expansive view of the street.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Gordon's Shoes (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Centre Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Automobiles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh