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10 Cent Cigars

November 3, 1913

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10 Cent Cigars
  • Title
  • 10 Cent Cigars
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • November 3, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133680.CP
  • Description
  • A view of Sixth Avenue at Ross Street, looking toward Fifth Avenue and showing part of the bluff and Duquesne University after the "hump" cut. The "hump" cut took place in the downtown area known as Grant's Hill. The project began with planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Streets, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District for more information.
  • Extent
  • 6.5 x 8.5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Advertising
    Business enterprises
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Sixth Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    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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