Sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1909 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1909, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: [Official sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh]
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Sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1909
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A sesquicentennial marks a 150th anniversary, and this 1909 view is titled for one, though the record does not specify which milestone it commemorates. By that date Pittsburgh sat at the forks of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, and its steel mills, rail yards, and river traffic made it one of the country's leading industrial cities. Views like this one often show how the civic pride of anniversary celebrations sat alongside the smoke and bustle of a working city.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | r.w. johnston studios |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,288 px · prints to 18 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Official sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh] |
| Reference | PA Sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh 1909 |
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