Church in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh

1923

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Church in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh
  • Title
  • Church in Polish Hill, Pittsburgh
  • Creator
  • Torrance, Hugh C.
  • Date
  • 1923
  • Identifier
  • 83.21.2
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 83.21.2
  • Description
  • View of Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church in Pittsburgh's Polish Hill section. The church was based on the design of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Polish Hill, located approximately two miles east of downtown Pittsburgh and encompassing about 139 acres, was known as Polskie Gory" in 1885 by the first Polish immigrants to the area."
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Smoke--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Housing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Industry--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Polish Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Immaculate Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Air Pollution--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of Photographs, 1894-1958
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Carnegie Museum of Art Collection of Photographs
  • Rights Information
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