[Railway station, Pittsburgh] – Antique Wall Art
![[Railway station, Pittsburgh], [1909] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/66/66d7e7c02aa4-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [Railway station, Pittsburgh], preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Railway station, Pittsburgh]
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From a high vantage point, this 1909 etching turns Pittsburgh's rail yards and river crossings into a dense web of tracks, bridges, and smokestacks. Joseph Pennell, the American illustrator and printmaker known for his industrial city scenes, made his Pittsburgh views around the end of the 1900s, when the city's steel and rail economy was at its height. Bird's-eye views like this one were prized for showing how transportation and manufacturing fit together across a city. Pennell's sharp line and evident fascination with the scale of heavy industry are what make the work worth a close look.
| Created / published | [1909] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1900-1910.Etchings 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection. |
| Subjects | Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1900-1910. Industrial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--1900-1910. Pittsburgh (Pa.)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 3,741 px · prints to 10 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-185048 |
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