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Babcock Boulevard

July 29, 1965

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Babcock Boulevard
  • Title
  • Babcock Boulevard
  • Creator
  • Allegheny County Department of Public Works Photographer: Salamony
  • Date
  • July 29, 1965
  • Identifier
  • 20100001-hpicnpl-0030
  • Source Identifier
  • Babcock Blvd 1965001 DPW#4 DPW File #62952
  • Description
  • View of Three Degree Road looking east towards the intersection with Babcock Boulevard and Evergreen Road in Ross Township, Allegheny County, PA. Photo shows cars parked along the road and traveling on the road. Construction vehicles are also seen on the road. A man can be seen in the parking lot on the right using a garden hose to minimize the dust in the air. Billboards are seen advertising "Thorofare uses EXTRA Care with fruit!" and a Coca Cola sign advertising "Easiest opening ever...New! Coke in IMPROVED lift-top cans." The Perrysville Garage can be seen on the right side of the intersection. This building burned and was torn down between April 2005 and July 2009.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Ross (Allegheny County, Pa.: Township)
    Babcock Boulevard (Ross, Pa.)
    Signs and signboards
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Ross Township
  • Source
  • Allegheny County Department of Public Works
  • Contributor
  • Northland Public Library
  • Collection
  • Northland Historical Image Collection
  • Rights Information
  • 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.
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