Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues

ca. 1940

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Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues
  • Title
  • Corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues
  • Creator
  • unknown
  • Date
  • ca. 1940
  • Identifier
  • SCLS008
  • Description
  • Two businessmen standing on the corner of Liberty and Fifth Avenues smoking cigarettes. Also shows the Trick Store and Roger's Jewelry sign with traffic and other businesses visible in the background. See images SCLS001-SCLS009 for views of the same location at different times. For more than a century, Pittsburgh was marked as a smoky city. In 1941 an effective smoke control ordinance was passed in the city of Pittsburgh, but the onset of World War II delayed the enactment of the legislation until 1946. City-wide unity on the topic ensured observation of the law from industry and every member of the community. The Smoke Control Lantern Slide Collection documents conditions in the city of Pittsburgh before and after smoke control ordinances were passed, as well as images from the Saint Louis smoke control program on which Pittsburgh's plan was based.
  • Place of Publication
  • Downtown
  • Type
  • still image
  • Subject
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Air--Pollution--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.
    Air quality management--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History.
    Market Square (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Smoke Control Lantern Slides
  • Rights Information
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