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Taylor’s Auction Barn

ca. 1940-1960

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Taylor’s Auction Barn
  • Title
  • Taylor’s Auction Barn
  • Date
  • ca. 1940-1960
  • Identifier
  • 20110202-hpicmonroeville-0130
  • Source Identifier
  • 722
  • Description
  • In the Spring of 1946, Joe Taylor of East McKeesport began a weekly auction in a barn he bought on Route 22. His idea was to invite farmers to bring in livestock, machinery, antiques and anything else they didn’t want. The auction was an immediate success with as many as 5,000 buyers crowding the floor on a busy Saturday night. Taylor’s Auction Barn became one of Monroeville’s first commercial attractions, drawing buyers from all over the region, as well as from several surrounding states.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Barns--Pennsylvania--Monroeville.
    Auctions--Pennsylvania--Monroeville.
    Monroeville (Pa.)--History.
  • Source
  • hpicmonroeville
  • Contributor
  • Monroeville Historical Society
  • Collection
  • Monroeville Historical Society Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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