Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1909 – Vintage Photo Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1909. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Apollo, Pa.
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Apollo, Pennsylvania, 1909
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In 1909 Apollo was a small borough in Armstrong County, where the Kiskiminetas River ran past homes and works whose fortunes were tied to the Pittsburgh industrial district roughly thirty miles to the southeast. Coal from the surrounding hills supplied furnaces and rail yards across the valley, and many families moved between farm chores and wage work as the seasons and orders shifted. Kittanning, the county seat, was where local readers followed national debates over tariffs, organized labor and the Progressive reforms spreading through Pennsylvania politics. For people living in Apollo, daily life revolved around the rail line, the price of coal and the mail and goods that arrived on the trains, which linked a modest riverside town to the much larger region around it.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moore, a. w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Pennsylvania |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,172 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Apollo, Pa. |
| Reference | PA Apollo, 1909 |
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