Canoeing Down Stanwix Street

March 28, 1913

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Canoeing Down Stanwix Street
  • Title
  • Canoeing Down Stanwix Street
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • March 28, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133243A.CP
  • Description
  • Several Pittsburghers gather to watch two men boating down Stanwix Street following the flood of March 28, 1913. The view is from Penn Avenue, looking north toward the Allegheny River. A rowboat floats empty in the water as freight cars pass on the railroad tracks in the background. Companies including Rodgers Sand Company, MacVay Printing Company, and Crown Lumber Company are also visible in the shot.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Flood damage
    Floods
    Commercial buildings
    Streets
    Pedestrians
    Boaters (Persons)
    Railroads, Elevated
    Street lighting
    Rivers
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer 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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